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Aortic Dissection - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • HPI: sudden onset, "tearing" chest pain, radiation to
Aortic Dissection ... tearing" chest pain ... concurrent stroke-like symptoms ... includes ascending aorta ... #summary #treatment
Suprasternal view of the aortic arch showing aortic dissection

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Suprasternal view ... patient with chest pain ... #dissection #aorta ... #Suprasternal # ... Notch #POCUS #clinical
Aortic Dissection Pearls
Aortic dissection is caused by a tear in the tunica intima, the innermost layer
the wall of the aorta ... chest/abd/back pain ... deficit • Shock Treatment ... BP: • Control pain ... Dissection #diagnosis #management
Aortic Dissection - Diagnosis and Acute Management
Pain: Chest, Back, Abdo, Migrating, Above & below diaphragm, Abrupt
Aortic Dissection ... Diagnosis and Acute Management ... Pain: Chest, Back ... Surgeon. 1) Control Pain ... #treatment #aorta
This is a suprasternal notch view demonstrating an aortic flap in a patient with a Stanford
This is a suprasternal ... interscapular pain ... CTA and standard treatment ... suspicious signs/symptoms ... SuprasternalNotch #AorticFlap #Aorta
Aortoenteric Fistula - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
• Uncommon but life-threatening
• Most common site of bowel connection
Diagnosis and Management ... Clinical Signs/Symptoms ... Bleeding, abdominal pain ... de novo between aorta ... or within the aorta
Syphilis - Clinical Manifestations and Treatment

1) Primary Syphilis
 • Direct lesion contact during sex is responsible
ascending thoracic aorta ... resulting in a dilated aorta ... and aortic valve ... infected without symptoms ... stages #diagnosis #management
Optic Neuritis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Epidemiology: Female (75%), 18-50 years,
caucasian
 • Symptoms: Moderate visual
Diagnosis and Management ... caucasian • Symptoms ... Moderate orbital pain ... corticosteroids TREATMENT ... #treatment #rheumatology
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
those coming off aorta ... claudication: pain ... chews, not just pain ... Treatment of GCA ... #Diagnosis #Management
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
• Unilateral optic ... Sensitivity to pain ... Multiple Sclerosis Treatment ... sclerosis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #treatment