Blunt aortic trauma in a patient with the Ehlers–Danlos syndrome type VI

A 24-year-old male with the Ehlers–Danlos syndrome (EDS) type VI (ocular scoliotic) who was kicked in the abdomen presented to the emergency room (ER) with abdominal pain. He was found to have a blunt traumatic aortic injury. The patient was treated nonoperatively. He was stable and discharged home...

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Autores principales: Yung, Marco Yat Hang, Murray, Jennifer, Thompson, Errington C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4782065/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26956239
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjw026
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description A 24-year-old male with the Ehlers–Danlos syndrome (EDS) type VI (ocular scoliotic) who was kicked in the abdomen presented to the emergency room (ER) with abdominal pain. He was found to have a blunt traumatic aortic injury. The patient was treated nonoperatively. He was stable and discharged home on the eighth day. The patient returned to the ER several days later hypotensive and tachycardic. The patient was taken immediately to the operating room, but vascular repair was not possible. The patient expired. We discuss the challenges of taking care of a patient with EDS and offer suggestions that might improve future patient's outcome.
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spelling pubmed-47820652016-03-10 Blunt aortic trauma in a patient with the Ehlers–Danlos syndrome type VI Yung, Marco Yat Hang Murray, Jennifer Thompson, Errington C. J Surg Case Rep Case Reports A 24-year-old male with the Ehlers–Danlos syndrome (EDS) type VI (ocular scoliotic) who was kicked in the abdomen presented to the emergency room (ER) with abdominal pain. He was found to have a blunt traumatic aortic injury. The patient was treated nonoperatively. He was stable and discharged home on the eighth day. The patient returned to the ER several days later hypotensive and tachycardic. The patient was taken immediately to the operating room, but vascular repair was not possible. The patient expired. We discuss the challenges of taking care of a patient with EDS and offer suggestions that might improve future patient's outcome. Oxford University Press 2016-03-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4782065/ /pubmed/26956239 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjw026 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author 2016. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4782065/
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