Point-of-care Ultrasound Diagnosis of Acute Abdominal Aortic Occlusion.
Journal
Clinical practice and cases in emergency medicine
ISSN: 2474-252X
Titre abrégé: Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101718968
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Feb 2020
Feb 2020
Historique:
received:
02
07
2019
revised:
18
11
2019
accepted:
25
11
2019
entrez:
18
2
2020
pubmed:
18
2
2020
medline:
18
2
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
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.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32064433
doi: 10.5811/cpcem.2019.11.44311
pii: cpcem-04-79
pmc: PMC7012567
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
79-82Informations de copyright
Copyright: © 2020 Bloom et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflicts of Interest: By the CPC-EM article submission agreement, all authors are required to disclose all affiliations, funding sources and financial or management relationships that could be perceived as potential sources of bias. The authors disclosed none.
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