Aortic Syndrome Part Two: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

You place your hands on the patient's abdomen...you think you can feel it...thud...thud...thud... In the second part of our aortic syndromes series Dr Craig Douglas once again joined us to go through Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) We discuss: - Definition of an aneurysm and pseudoaneurysm - The screening process for AAA - When to suspect AAA - Diagnosing and managing ruptured AAA - Craig and Jamie's mutual bugbear that a FAST scan does not look for the abdominal aorta! You can find the blog entry for this podcast including the #TakeVisually and a link to our #OHMNHS blog on the sensitivity and specificity of feeling an expansile-pulsatile mass at https://www.takeaurally.com/adult-emergency-medicine/2018/8/1/aortic-syndrome-part-two-abdominal-aortic-aneurysm Don't forget to subscribe to Take Aurally on SoundCloud and iTunes! NUH DREEAM and Take Aurally can both be found on Facebook and Twitter Next week's episode is on 'The Child with a Limp' - SUFE or not SUFE that is the question!