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
Subjects:	Pulseless Takayasu trauma
Online Access:	http://www.onlinejets.org/article.asp?issn=0974-2700;year=2012;volume=5;issue=1;spage=95;epage=96;aulast=Gupta

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spelling	doaj-8bca19075aed4eb785ab46bb58c8a9162020-11-24T23:58:50ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock0974-27002012-01-0151959610.4103/0974-2700.93097An unusual differential for a pulseless trauma patientBabita GuptaPramendra AgrawalKapil Dev SoniNita D′souzaKamran FarooqueHemorrhagic 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.http://www.onlinejets.org/article.asp?issn=0974-2700;year=2012;volume=5;issue=1;spage=95;epage=96;aulast=GuptaPulselessTakayasutrauma
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spellingShingle	Babita Gupta Pramendra Agrawal Kapil Dev Soni Nita D′souza Kamran Farooque An unusual differential for a pulseless trauma patient Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock Pulseless Takayasu trauma
author_facet	Babita Gupta Pramendra Agrawal Kapil Dev Soni Nita D′souza Kamran Farooque
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title	An unusual differential for a pulseless trauma patient
title_short	An unusual differential for a pulseless trauma patient
title_full	An unusual differential for a pulseless trauma patient
title_fullStr	An unusual differential for a pulseless trauma patient
title_full_unstemmed	An unusual differential for a pulseless trauma patient
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publisher	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series	Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock
issn	0974-2700
publishDate	2012-01-01
description	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.
topic	Pulseless Takayasu trauma
url	http://www.onlinejets.org/article.asp?issn=0974-2700;year=2012;volume=5;issue=1;spage=95;epage=96;aulast=Gupta
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An unusual differential for a pulseless trauma patient

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