title: An unusual differential for a pulseless trauma patient.
abstract: Hemorrhagic shock is the most common reason to explain the inability to feel pulse in a trauma patient. However, clinicians should always suspect atypical causes for differential pulses in this population and Takayasu's arteritis (TA) is one such example. We report a case of aorto-arteritis in a patient who presented with trauma and was later diagnosed with TA. She had blood pressure discrepancy between upper and lower limbs noted upon her initial trauma evaluation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Babita
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Pramendra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: Kapil Dev
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Soni
authors.forename: Nita
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: D'souza
authors.forename: Kamran
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Farooque