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Palpation

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  • skin temperature
  • capillary refilling time
  • feel all the peripheral pulses:
    • femoral
    • popliteal
    • foot pulses
    • pulses that are absent in one leg are highly suggestive of arterial disease; their absence in both legs may be due to bilateral disease or to other reasons, for example, a response to the cold
  • test the muscles and nerves

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