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Pulsatile AAA on Abdominal Exam

A 66-year-old man presented with a 2-month history of abdominal bloating and
Pulsatile AAA on Abdominal ... month history of abdominal ... Pulsatile #AAA #Abdominal ... #Aorta #Clinical ... #Video #NJEM #vascular
AAA Endoleak on POCUS

80 y/o w severe abdominal pain, one year after endoprosthesis stent of an
80 y/o w severe abdominal ... endoprosthesis stent of an abdominal ... provides an instant diagnosis ... AAA #clinical #aorta ... #ultrasound #vascular
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Artery Stenosis, Abdominal ... Intra-Renal: • Vascular ... GN: ANCA, Anti-GBM
Aortoenteric Fistula - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
• Uncommon but life-threatening
• Most common site of bowel connection
triad: Bleeding, abdominal ... , and palpable abdominal ... de novo between aorta ... • CT findings ... or within the aorta
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
and bullous or vesicular ... - GI tract: abdominal ... < 30 years - Aorta ... branches • GCA: - Aorta ... Supply gut -> abdominal
Aortic dissection carries an incredibly high mortality that increases 1%/hour. POCUS can be used as a
seen on POCUS, CT ... The aorta is the ... anterior third of the aorta ... Clinical #POCUS #AbdominalUS ... AorticDissection #Aorta
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
< 30 years • Aorta ... pulse deficits vascular ... Arteritis): • Aorta ... multiplex • GI tract: Abdominal ... gut involvement, abdominal
Ruptured AAA on POCUS

Nice pick up with a POCUS RUSH exam in a patient with undifferentiated
AAA is hard to diagnose ... sometimes - MCW EM ... clinical #ultrasound #abdominal ... #aneurysm #aorta
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
(@MarkRamzyDO, EM ... Hamilton, MD (EM ... Several of the diagnoses ... structural and vascular ... consider intra-abdominal