Case Report: Rapid Diagnosis of Acute Aortic Dissection with POCUS
A 55-year-old woman with medical history of well-controlled hypertension and renal cell carcinoma, status post-partial nephrectomy, presented…
Aortic Dissection
-
Case Report: Rapid Diagnosis of Acute Aortic Dissection with POCUS
A 55-year-old woman with medical history of well-controlled hypertension and renal cell carcinoma, status post-partial nephrectomy, presented... -
Case Report: Imaging Follows Dangerous ATV Accident
A 40-year-old woman with a history of untreated hypertension presented by ambulance after she was thrown from... -
The SPEED Protocol: Using Ultrasound To Detect Acute Aortic Dissection
A 59-year-old man presents to your community emergency department (ED) with chest pain that is radiating to...
Case Report: Imaging Follows Dangerous ATV Accident
A 40-year-old woman with a history of untreated hypertension presented by ambulance after she was thrown from…
The SPEED Protocol: Using Ultrasound To Detect Acute Aortic Dissection
A 59-year-old man presents to your community emergency department (ED) with chest pain that is radiating to…
Acute Pericarditis: A Diagnosis of Exclusion
While pericarditis is an unusual diagnosis, with an annual incidence of 27.7 per 100,000 persons, the recurrence…
Aortic Dissection Tied to Worse Outcomes in Women Than Men
Women with type A acute aortic dissection (TAAD) were more likely to present late, with complications, and…
How to Diagnose Aortic Dissection Without Breaking the Bank
It used to be said that missing the clinical diagnosis of aortic dissection was “the standard” as…