Table 1 Hard clinical signs in n = 113 patients with arterial vascular injuries
From: Penetrating arterial trauma to the limbs: outcome of a modified protocol
Clinical signs* | Femoral | Popliteal | Axillary | Brachial | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
all pts: n = 34 | all pts: n = 25 | all pts: n = 10 | all pts: n = 47 | all pts: n = 113 | ||||||
pts [n] | pts [%] | pts [n] | pts [%] | pts [n] | pts [%] | pts [n] | pts [%] | pts [n] | pts [%] | |
Cold ischemic extr. | 8 | 24% | 18 | 72% | 2 | 20% | 11 | 23% | 39 | 35% |
Absent pulses | 14 | 41% | 14 | 56% | 7 | 70% | 19 | 40% | 54 | 48% |
Bruit or thrill | 1 | 3% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 1% |
Exp. or pulsating H | 3 | 9% | 2 | 8% | 0 | 0% | 2 | 4% | 7 | 6% |
Pulsatile bleeding | 6 | 18% | 5 | 20% | 3 | 30% | 12 | 26% | 26 | 23% |