title: Acute thoracic aortic dissection: can your nurses defuse a time bomb?
abstract: Sometimes, every second counts. Help your staff learn to differentiate between acute thoracic aortic dissection and myocardial infarction, how to confirm a dissection, and how to care for aortic dissection patients.
authors.affiliation: Heart Surgical Unit, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pa., USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McClarren-Curry
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shaughnessy
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000601:surgery; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods; D011182:Postoperative Care