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==Physical Examination== | |||
===Vitals=== | |||
==Dry Gangrene== | ====Blood Pressure==== | ||
[[Low blood pressure]] is seen. | |||
===Extremities=== | |||
====Dry Gangrene==== | |||
The affected part is dry, shrunken and dark black, resembling [[mummy|mummified]] flesh. | The affected part is dry, shrunken and dark black, resembling [[mummy|mummified]] flesh. | ||
==Wet Gangrene== | ====Wet Gangrene==== | ||
The affected part is edematous, soft, putrid, rotten and dark. | |||
====Gas Gangrene==== | |||
Gas gangrene can cause [[necrosis]] and gas production. | |||
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Image:extremities_toe_gangrene2.jpg|Patient with peripheral vascular disease that has lead to infarct of several toes. | |||
Image:extremities_toe_no_gangrene2.jpg|Same patient. Normal left foot for comparison. | |||
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==References== | ==References== |
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Physical Examination
Vitals
Blood Pressure
Low blood pressure is seen.
Extremities
Dry Gangrene
The affected part is dry, shrunken and dark black, resembling mummified flesh.
Wet Gangrene
The affected part is edematous, soft, putrid, rotten and dark.
Gas Gangrene
Gas gangrene can cause necrosis and gas production.
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Patient with peripheral vascular disease that has lead to infarct of several toes.
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Same patient. Normal left foot for comparison.