Point-of-care Ultrasound Diagnosis of Acute Abdominal Aortic Occlusion

Acute aortic occlusion is an emergent vascular condition not encountered routinely. Given its varied presentations, including neurovascular deficits and mimicking an acute abdomen, the diagnosis is often delayed causing increased morbidity and mortality. We present a case of acute abdominal aortic o...

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Autores principales: Bloom, Benjamin, Gibbons, Ryan, Brandis, Dov, Costantino, Thomas G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7012567/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32064433
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2019.11.44311
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author Bloom, Benjamin
Gibbons, Ryan
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Costantino, Thomas G.
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description Acute aortic occlusion is an emergent vascular condition not encountered routinely. Given its varied presentations, including neurovascular deficits and mimicking an acute abdomen, the diagnosis is often delayed causing increased morbidity and mortality. We present a case of acute abdominal aortic occlusion masquerading as sudden onset lower extremity pain and weakness in an 86-year-old female requiring emergent thrombectomy. This is only the second case report to discuss the use of point-of-care ultrasound to expedite diagnosis and management.1
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spelling pubmed-70125672020-02-14 Point-of-care Ultrasound Diagnosis of Acute Abdominal Aortic Occlusion Bloom, Benjamin Gibbons, Ryan Brandis, Dov Costantino, Thomas G. Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med Case Report Acute aortic occlusion is an emergent vascular condition not encountered routinely. Given its varied presentations, including neurovascular deficits and mimicking an acute abdomen, the diagnosis is often delayed causing increased morbidity and mortality. We present a case of acute abdominal aortic occlusion masquerading as sudden onset lower extremity pain and weakness in an 86-year-old female requiring emergent thrombectomy. This is only the second case report to discuss the use of point-of-care ultrasound to expedite diagnosis and management.1 University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2020-01-23 /pmc/articles/PMC7012567/ /pubmed/32064433 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2019.11.44311 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Bloom 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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