| How to protect a patient with aortic aneurysm. | |
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PMID: 17273079 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Learn how to recognize and respond to the danger signs and act immediately to help save his life. Trouble is looming when the largest artery in the body develops a bulge. According to the Society for Vascular Surgery, each year approximately 200,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with aortic aneurysm - a bulge or ballooning in the artery that leads from the heart. About 15,000 of these aneurysms are severe enough to rupture, creating an urgent situation with a high risk of death. Read on to learn how to protect a patient with a suspected or known aortic aneurysm. |
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Authors:
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Gail Hood Irwin |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Nursing Volume: 37 ISSN: 0360-4039 ISO Abbreviation: Nursing Publication Date: 2007 Feb |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2007-02-02 Completed Date: 2007-03-30 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7600137 Medline TA: Nursing Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 36-42; quiz 42-3 Citation Subset: N |
Affiliation:
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Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA. |
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Aneurysm, Dissecting
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etiology,
prevention & control Aortic Aneurysm / complications, diagnosis, epidemiology, therapy* Aortic Rupture / diagnosis, etiology, prevention & control Aortography Echocardiography, Transesophageal Emergencies Humans Monitoring, Physiologic Nurse's Role* Nursing Assessment Perioperative Care / methods, nursing Risk Factors Tomography, X-Ray Computed |
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