An unusual differential for a pulseless trauma patient

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 pat...

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Main Authors: Babita Gupta, Pramendra Agrawal, Kapil Dev Soni, Nita D′souza, Kamran Farooque
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock
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Online Access:http://www.onlinejets.org/article.asp?issn=0974-2700;year=2012;volume=5;issue=1;spage=95;epage=96;aulast=Gupta