A Patient with Splenic Artery Aneurysm Rupture and the Importance of Rapid Sonography in the ED

We report a case of a splenic artery aneurysm rupture presenting with shock which required timely embolization therapy. This case demonstrates how the rapid use of bedside ultrasound by emergency department (ED) physicians can help identify the cause of shock and, therefore, initiate appropriate tre...

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Autores principales: Iyanaga, Masayuki, Watts, Susan, Kasai, Takeshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3195329/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22046535
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/893606
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description We report a case of a splenic artery aneurysm rupture presenting with shock which required timely embolization therapy. This case demonstrates how the rapid use of bedside ultrasound by emergency department (ED) physicians can help identify the cause of shock and, therefore, initiate appropriate treatment quickly even if the cause is rare, as in this case.
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spelling pubmed-31953292011-11-01 A Patient with Splenic Artery Aneurysm Rupture and the Importance of Rapid Sonography in the ED Iyanaga, Masayuki Watts, Susan Kasai, Takeshi Emerg Med Int Case Report We report a case of a splenic artery aneurysm rupture presenting with shock which required timely embolization therapy. This case demonstrates how the rapid use of bedside ultrasound by emergency department (ED) physicians can help identify the cause of shock and, therefore, initiate appropriate treatment quickly even if the cause is rare, as in this case. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010 2010-06-29 /pmc/articles/PMC3195329/ /pubmed/22046535 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/893606 Text en Copyright © 2010 Masayuki Iyanaga et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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A Patient with Splenic Artery Aneurysm Rupture and the Importance of Rapid Sonography in the ED
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title_full A Patient with Splenic Artery Aneurysm Rupture and the Importance of Rapid Sonography in the ED
title_fullStr A Patient with Splenic Artery Aneurysm Rupture and the Importance of Rapid Sonography in the ED
title_full_unstemmed A Patient with Splenic Artery Aneurysm Rupture and the Importance of Rapid Sonography in the ED
title_short A Patient with Splenic Artery Aneurysm Rupture and the Importance of Rapid Sonography in the ED
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