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6 Ps

  • Pain - Claudication or pain with leg elevation; typically earliest sign
  • Paraesthesia - May be associated with weakness; preservation of light touch is good guide to viability
  • Pallor
  • Paralysis
  • Pulselessness - May be accompanied by skin changes; late finding
  • Poikilothermia - Limb is cool to touch when compared to other side; late finding