Presentation
The data included the patient's age, gender, presentation of sepsis, treatment offered, and the ultimate outcome. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Gastrointestinal
- Rectal Bleeding
Six months later, he presented with rectal bleeding, weight loss, back pain, and low abdominal pain. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Cardiovascular
- Vascular Disease
KEYWORDS: Vascular disease; cardiovascular surgery; quality and outcomes; treatment [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
ACC/AHA 2005 practice guidelines for the management of patients with peripheral arterial disease (lower extremity, renal, mesenteric, and abdominal aortic): A collaborative report from the American Association for Vascular Surgery/Society for Vascular [northshore.org]
[…] syndrome, and collagen-vascular diseases. [emedicine.medscape.com]
[…] for the Management of Patients with Peripheral Vascular Disease, 40 which suggest that patients with AAA should not be fearful of vigorous activity. [bmjopen.bmj.com]
diseases) are genetic defects in collagen, which is one of the main building blocks of artery walls, including the aorta COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) Patients with a 1st degree relative with an abdominal aortic aneurysm have a greater [vascular.surgery.ucsf.edu]
Workup
CONCLUSIONS: Utilization of CST during workup for AAA is not associated with procedure selection and improved outcomes. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Aneurysm was noted during workup for back pain, and CT was ordered after AAA was identified on radiography. No evidence of rupture is seen. Signs and symptoms AAAs are usually asymptomatic until they expand or rupture. [emedicine.medscape.com]
Treatment
In conclusion, large proximal aortic necks preclude endovascular treatment with standard abdominal endograft components. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Prognosis
Colonic ischemia (CI) after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, although rare, is associated with severe prognosis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
The current prognosis for healthy patients who undergo elective aneurysm repair is excellent. [mayoclinic.org]
Outlook (Prognosis) Full recovery for open surgery to repair an aortic aneurysm may take 2 or 3 months. Most people make a full recovery from this surgery. [ufhealth.org]
[…] to keep your blood thin Be encouraged to sit on the side of your bed and then walk Wear special stockings to prevent blood clots in your legs Receive pain medicine into your veins or into the space that surrounds your spinal cord (epidural) Outlook (Prognosis [nvs-ga.com]
Etiology
The exact rate of infection with endovascular repair is unknown, but literature review demonstrates an overall incidence of 0.43-1.17% retrospectively.(2,3) Etiology of endovascular graft infections typically results from flora derived from the skin or [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Lazaris Related Book Etiology, Pathogenesis and Pathophysiology of Aortic Aneurysms and Aneurysm Rupture Edited by Reinhart Grundmann First chapter Etiology and Pathogenisis of Aortic Aneurysm By Carl W. Kotze and Islam G. [intechopen.com]
Definition and Etiology An aneurysm is a permanent focal dilatation of an artery to 1.5 times its normal diameter. The normal infrarenal aortic diameters in patients older than 50 years are 1.5 cm in women and 1.7 cm in men. [aafp.org]
A second look at the etiology of spinal cord damage in surgery of the abdominal aorta. J Vasc Surg 1993;17:1111-3. [ PUBMED ] 53. Eagleton MJ, Greenberg RK. Spinal and visceral ischemia after endovascular aortic repair. [annals.in]
Epidemiology
METHODS: This systematic review (PROSPERO CRD42017055920) followed Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) and Meta-analysis Of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (MOOSE) guidelines. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Epidemiology of aortic aneurysm in the United States. J Clin Epidemiol. 1995 ; 48 : 1289–1298. Crossref Medline Google Scholar 9 Kozak LJ, DeFrances CJ, Hall MJ. [circ.ahajournals.org]
The risk of rupture is also greater for women. [ 2 ] Epidemiology The prevalence of AAAs is estimated at 1.3-12.7% in the UK. [ 3 ] Symptomatic AAA in men has an incidence of 25 per 100,000 at age 50, which increases markedly to 78 per 100,000 in those [patient.info]
"Low prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysm among 65-year-old Swedish men indicates a change in the epidemiology of the disease." Circulation 124.10 (2011): 1118-1123. CONTINUE SCROLLING FOR RELATED SLIDESHOW [medicinenet.com]
Epidemiology United States statistics In autopsy studies, the frequency rate of AAA ranges from 0.5% to 3.2%. [emedicine.medscape.com]
Pathophysiology
15 Delayed onset of paraplegia suggests that postoperative events such as hypotension, increased CSF pressure, or embolization, may have triggered the onset of neurologic dysfunction in patients at risk for spinal cord ischemia. 14–15 Based on this pathophysiology [anesthesiology.pubs.asahq.org]
AAA usually results from degeneration in the media of the arterial wall, leading to a slow and continuous dilatation of the lumen of the vessel (see Pathophysiology ). [emedicine.medscape.com]
Welcome to PT 635 Pathophysiology of Complex Patient Problems This is a wiki created by and for the students in the School of Physical Therapy at Bellarmine University in Louisville KY. [physio-pedia.com]
Adventitial inflammatory infiltrate is present. [18] However, the degradation of the tunica media by means of a proteolytic process seems to be the basic pathophysiologic mechanism of AAA development. [en.wikipedia.org]
Lazaris Related Book Etiology, Pathogenesis and Pathophysiology of Aortic Aneurysms and Aneurysm Rupture Edited by Reinhart Grundmann First chapter Etiology and Pathogenisis of Aortic Aneurysm By Carl W. Kotze and Islam G. [intechopen.com]
Prevention
The identified risk factors may be prevented or modified as a bundle of measures especially in patients with pre-existing CKD to reduce AKI and its severity after iAAA repair. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]