EMplify – December 2021
Announcements:
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- Check out the newly redesigned FOAMed blog at https://www.ebmedicine.net/ebmblog/
Thoracic Aortic Syndromes in The Emergency Department: Recognition and Management
Interview with author: Anthony Hackett, MD
Thoracic Aortic Syndromes
- Dissection, Intramural Hematoma, and Penetrating Aortic Ulcers
- Pathophysiology
- Intima, media, and adventitia
- Epidemiology and classification
- Debakey vs Stanford classification- do we still use Debakey ?
- Risk Factors
- Prehospital Care – what should EMS be looking for?
- ED Care
- History
- HTN, Pulse defecits, Chest Pain, Syncope?Table 3
- ADD-RS score
- Exam
- Diagnostics
- Labs
- EKG – STEMI?
- Imaging
- CXR
- Echo
- CT
- MRI
- Aortogram
- Treatment
- BP management
- Heart Rate
- Shock
- Surgery – Who goes and when?
- Special populations
- Pregnancy
- Controversies
- D-Dimer
Last Updated on January 25, 2023
Sam Ashoo, MD, FACEP, is board certified in emergency medicine and clinical informatics. He serves as EB Medicine’s editor-in-chief of interactive clinical pathways and FOAMEd blog, and host of EB Medicine’s EMplify podcast. Follow him below for more…
