Main description:

This issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics focuses on Vascular Disasters. Editors Alex Koyfman and Brit Long have assembled an expert team of authors on topics such as: Thoracic aortic syndromes; Abdominal aortic emergencies; SAH - aneurysmal/traumatic; Stroke - latest on ischemic stroke; Stroke - intracerebral bleeds (excluding SAH); Carotid / vertebral dissections (including post-traumatic); Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis; Mesenteric ischemia; Deep vein thrombosis upper/lower; Peripheral arterial occlusion; Penetrating vascular injury; and Vascular access complications.

Contents:

Emergency Medicine Clinics

Vascular Disasters

Foreword: Vascular Emergencies

Preface: Time-Critical Vascular Disasters

Thoracic Aortic Syndromes

Extracranial Cervical Artery Dissections

Deep Venous Thrombosis

Vascular Access Complications: An Emergency Medicine

Penetrating Vascular Injury: Diagnosis and Management Updates

Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Updates in Diagnosis and Management

Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Abdominal Aortic Emergencies

Cerebral Venous Thrombosis: A Challenging Neurologic Diagnosis

Mesenteric Ischemia: A Deadly Miss

Acute Limb Ischemia: An Emergency Medicine Approach

Ischemic Stroke: Advances in Diagnosis and Management