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10 Cards in this Set
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What is the management is this patient?
- AAA < 5cm - no risk of rupture |
surveillance sonography/CT
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What is the management is this patient?
- AAA rapidly enlarging (0.5cm/6 month) - tender to palpation |
elective repair
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What are the three types of AAA repair?
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- open transperitoneal
- open retroperitoneal - endovascular repair |
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In what cases are endovascular AAA repair preferrned?
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- patients with multiple previous abdominal procedures
- morbidly obese patients |
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What is the diagnosis?
- acute abdominal pain, back pain - hypotension |
ruptured AAA
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What is the indication for surgical repair of femoral and popliteal aneurysm?
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- femoral: > 2.5cm
- popliteal: > 2 cm |
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What is the indication for surgical repair of renal artery aneurysms?
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- difficulty to control hypertension
- size > 2cm |
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Name some oragnisms associated with mycotic aneurysms.
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staph aureus
salmonella typhi candida albicans aspergillus |
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Management of pseudoaneurysm.
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- > 2.5cm: inject thrombin under sonographic guidance. if not successful, open surgical repair
- < 2.5cm: no treatment |
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What is this diagnosis?
- lower extremity claudication - gluteal atrophy - impotence - deminished femoral pulses |
Leriche syndrome
- a aortoiliac occlusive disease |
