ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM RUPTURE

Course overview

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM RUPTURE REPRESENTS A CATASTROPHIC EMERGENCY AND IF NOT RECOGNIZED AND APPROPRIATELY TREATED, CARRIES SIGNIFICANT MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY, WITH UNTREATED MORTALITY APPROACHING 100%. MOST OF THEM RUPTURE INTO THE RETROPERITONEAL CAVITY, CAUSING SYMPTOMS LIKE PAIN, LIGHTHEADEDNESS AND A PULSATING MASS IN THE ABDOMEN. THIS ACTIVITY DESCRIBES THE ETIOLOGY, CLINICAL FEATURES, EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH RUPTURED ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS. OPTIMAL OUTCOMES RELY ON THE COORDINATED EFFORT OF AN INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM THAT PROVIDES CRITICAL CARE, MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT ALONG WITH SWIFT RESUSCITATION OF PATIENTS WITH RUPTURED ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS.