Point-of-care Ultrasound Diagnosis of an Atypical Acute Aortic Dissection

Aortic dissections have a vast array of clinical presentations that rarely follow traditional teachings. Dissections are rapidly fatal conditions requiring immediate diagnosis and treatment to reduce morbidity and mortality. We present a case of an acute aortic dissection presenting as abrupt onset,...

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Autores principales: Wroblewski, Richard, Gibbons, Ryan, Costantino, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6230344/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30443611
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2018.6.38106
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Gibbons, Ryan
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description Aortic dissections have a vast array of clinical presentations that rarely follow traditional teachings. Dissections are rapidly fatal conditions requiring immediate diagnosis and treatment to reduce morbidity and mortality. We present a case of an acute aortic dissection presenting as abrupt onset, atraumatic leg pain with absent distal extremity pulses. The prompt use of point-of-care ultrasound detected an intimal flap within the abdominal aorta allowing immediate surgical consultation and intervention.
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spelling pubmed-62303442018-11-15 Point-of-care Ultrasound Diagnosis of an Atypical Acute Aortic Dissection Wroblewski, Richard Gibbons, Ryan Costantino, Thomas Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med Case Report Aortic dissections have a vast array of clinical presentations that rarely follow traditional teachings. Dissections are rapidly fatal conditions requiring immediate diagnosis and treatment to reduce morbidity and mortality. We present a case of an acute aortic dissection presenting as abrupt onset, atraumatic leg pain with absent distal extremity pulses. The prompt use of point-of-care ultrasound detected an intimal flap within the abdominal aorta allowing immediate surgical consultation and intervention. University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2018-08-14 /pmc/articles/PMC6230344/ /pubmed/30443611 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2018.6.38106 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Wroblewski et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6230344/
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