How to protect a patient with aortic aneurysm.
Learn how to recognize and respond to the danger signs and act immediately to help save his life. Trouble is looming when the largest artery in the body develops a bulge. According to the Society for Vascular Surgery, each year approximately 200,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with aortic aneurysm - a bulge or ballooning in the artery that leads from the heart. About 15,000 of these aneurysms are severe enough to rupture, creating an urgent situation with a high risk of death. Read on to learn how to protect a patient with a suspected or known aortic aneurysm.
Irwin
Gail Hood
GH
Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D001027:Aortography; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D012307:Risk Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed