Sandbox Yaz

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Yazan Daaboul, M.D.

Overview

This section provides a short and straight to the point overview of the disease or symptom. The first sentence of the overview must contain the name of the disease.

Causes

Life Threatening Causes

Life-threatening causes include conditions which may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated.

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Common Causes

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Diagnosis

Shown below is an algorithm summarizing the diagnosis of abdominal aortic aneurysm according the the 2010 ACCF/AHA/AATS/ACR/ASA/SCA/SCAI/SIR/STS/SVM Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Patients With Thoracic Aortic Disease guidelines.

Identify cardinal symptoms that increase the pretest probability of abdominal aortic aneurysm ❑ Pulsating mass near the navel ❑ Abdominal pain ❑ Back pain ❑ Symptoms of clot formation and subsequent lower extremity embolism ❑ Lower extremity pain ❑ Lower extremity numbness and/or tingling ❑ Lower extremity pallor ❑ Lower extremity and coolness ❑ Risk factors ❑ Old age > years ❑ Male gender ❑ History of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease ❑ History of hypertension ❑ Smoking ❑ Dyslipidemia ❑ Family history

{{{ Does the patient have any of the following findings that require hospitalization and urgent management? ❑ Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm ❑ Shock ❑ Acute abdominal pain }}}

Treatment

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Do's

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Don'ts

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References

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