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Proposal For Acute limb ischaemia's Page

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Page Outline

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Background Information

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  • General Information/Overview
  • Prevalence
  • Compare/contrast to chronic limb ischaemia

History

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  • When did this condition first come about?
  • How was acute limb ischaemia discovered?
  • Who discovered it initially?
  • Initial diagnoses, treatments
  • Myths surrounding its origin

Onset, Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Prognosis

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  • What causes acute limb ischaemia?
  • Who is succeptible to acute limb ischaemia?
  • Associated symptoms
  • Risk factors
  • Related conditions
  • How is it diagnosed?

Treatment

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  • How is acute limb ischaemia treated?
  • Risks involved with treatments
  • Success rates
  • Rates of reoccurrance

Current Advancement

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  • Are there related studies currently in progress?

References

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T. Gregory Walker, Acute Limb Ischemia, Techniques in Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Volume 12, Issue 2, June 2009, Pages 117-129, ISSN 1089-2516, 10.1053/j.tvir.2009.08.005. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1089251609000316)

S.J Palfreyman, A Booth, J.A Michaels, A Systematic Review of Intra-arterial Thrombolytic Therapy for Lower-limb Ischaemia, European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Volume 19, Issue 2, February 2000, Pages 143-157, ISSN 1078-5884, 10.1053/ejvs.1999.0975. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1078588499909759)

Marcus Brooks, Michael P. Jenkins, Acute and chronic ischaemia of the limb, Surgery (Oxford), Volume 26, Issue 1, January 2008, Pages 17-20, ISSN 0263-9319, 10.1016/j.mpsur.2007.10.012. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0263931907002736)


Workload Division

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The division of subject topics will be as follows:

Darrick Mason: Background Information, Onset, Symptoms Caroline Jones: Term Origin, Additional/Related Types of Ischaemia, Current Advancements Elisabeth Phillips-Jones: Diagnosis, Prognosis Morgan Dalis: Treatment

Each group member will be responsible for the inclusion of his/her subject topics in the Acute limb ischaemia page at the time of assigned due dates.