Management of Peripheral and Truncal Venous Injuries

Selective management of penetrating truncal injuries: is emergency department discharge a reasonable goal?

We undertook this retrospective review to examine the appropriateness of a protocol for the selective emergency department (ED) workup of asymptomatic penetrating truncal injuries. Records of consecutive patients presenting to our urban Level I trauma center with penetrating truncal injuries between January 1, 1997 and September 2000 were reviewed. Data obtained included: patient demographics, ...

Lower-limb wound evaluation and care in the vascular surgery patient.

This issue of Seminars in Vascular Surgery is devoted to the evaluation and management of lower-limb wounds in the vascular surgery patient. In-depth discussions of common clinical conditions are presented on the topics of venous ulcer, diabetic foot infection, peripheral arterial disease (PAD) with tissue loss, and surgical site infection (SSI). The first article by Scalise et al discusses the...

Management of Catheter Induced Upper Limb Suppurative Thrombophlebitis in a Patient after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: a Case Report

Introduction: One of the important complications of peripheral venous catheters is suppurative thrombophlebitis that would be life threatening without treatment. In this report, we introduce a patient who developed purulent thrombophlebitis due to venous catheter in the upper limb after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Multiple abscess formation was developed on her upper limb after the th...

Incidence of Phlebitis Associated With Peripheral Venous Catheter of Patients With COVID-19

Development of a Fatal Noncompressible Truncal Hemorrhage Model with Combined Hepatic and Portal Venous Injury in Normothermic Normovolemic Swine

Noncompressible truncal hemorrhage and brain injury currently account for most early mortality of warfighters on the battlefield. There is no effective treatment for noncompressible truncal hemorrhage, other than rapid evacuation to a surgical facility. The availability of an effective field treatment for noncompressible truncal hemorrhage could increase the number of warfighters salvaged from ...