title: Diagnostic ultrasonography for peripheral vascular emergencies.
abstract: Over the past decade, emergency and critical care physicians have been empowered with the ability to use bedside ultrasonography to assist in the evaluation and management of a variety of emergent conditions. Today a single health care provider at the bedside with Duplex ultrasound technology can evaluate peripheral vascular calamities that once required significant time and a variety of health care personnel for the diagnosis. This article highlights peripheral thromboembolic disease, aneurysm, pseudoaneurysm, and arterial occlusion in the acute care setting.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Palmetto Health Richland, 14 Medical Park, Suite 350, Columbia, SC 29203, USA.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Palmetto Health Richland, 14 Medical Park, Suite 350, Columbia, SC 29203, USA. Electronic address: lanolting@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nolting
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Palmetto Health Richland, 14 Medical Park, Suite 350, Columbia, SC 29203, USA.
authors.forename: Caleb
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barr
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Palmetto Health Richland, 14 Medical Park, Suite 350, Columbia, SC 29203, USA.
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hunt
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D004630:Emergencies; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Aneurysm; Arterial occlusion; Deep vein thrombosis; Pseudoaneurysm; Ultrasonography