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An Approach to Point-Of-Care Ultrasound Evaluation of the Abdominal Aorta
Published on: September 8, 2023
[Record of traumatic aorta injuries: problems with accurate and true diagnosis in the emergency department (case
1Ondokuz Mayis Universitesi Tip Fakültesi, Ilk ve Acil Yardim ABD. Kurupelit/Samsun.
Abstract:
The patients with blunt aortic injury who reach the emergency department alive are very rare. These patients are often multiple injured which complicates their diagnosis and treatment. To remind diagnosis of blunt aortic injury is the first step of accurate diagnosis. Therefore, the possibility of a blunt aortic injury should be considered in all patients who are multiply injured. The presented case is initially operated on blunt head trauma, and intraabdominal bleeding afterwards blunt aortic injury diagnosed lately in preoperatively. Based on this experience, we have discussed the causes of late diagnosis.
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