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Focused Abdominal Aorta Ultrasound - Transducer positions for aortic scan. Proximal (A), Mid-aorta (B), Distal (C),
Focused Abdominal ... Aorta Ultrasound ... Longitudinal (D) #EM #Radiology ... #Vasc #POCUS #AAA ... #Positioning #ALiEM
AAA is defined as a localized balloon-like dilatation of the abdominal aorta greater than 3cm. Risk
AAAs should be closely ... 3cm from outer wall ... to outer wall defines ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #POCUS #Abdominal
Catheter in the Aorta Mimicking Dissection on Echocardiogram
An easy case for POCUS / FoCUS lovers.
dissection! ... stored images and should ... #a4c #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
The clip above is from a patient who presented with abdominal pain and syncope. His vitals
aortic aneurysm ... repair and did well ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #POCUS #AbdominalUS ... #AAA #Abdominal
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
stairs, brisk 4 mph walk ... risk (>5%): - Aortic ... one post op Cardiology ... and undergoing AAA ... or upper abdominal
Heart Failure (HFrEF) Treatment - GDMT for stage C 

For patients with Heart Failure with REDUCED
with HFrEF, we should ... to the target dose ... /AHA guidelines. ... situations as well ... Treatment #StageC #Cardiology
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
This post will focus ... to, your vision does ... consider intra-abdominal ... secretions and should ... #Radiology #CTChest