# acute peripheral artery occlusion
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**acute peripheral artery occlusion**
emergency!
Arterial Thrombosis/EmboIism
Medical Emergency
Limb lschemia -> Highriskof limb loss
location -> the higher up the worse it is becuase more is denied
Pain
Pulselessness
Paresthesia
Paralysis
Pallor
Poikilothermia*
becomes the same temperature as the room
management:
IV heparin
thrombolytics
surgical thrombectomy/embolectomy
a risk for [[compartment syndrome]]
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