Aortic Dissection

Today marks the 4th anniversary of the EM Basic podcast.  To celebrate this occasion, we are going to do a screencast on aortic dissection.  This is a very challenging disease to diagnose because patients have lots of different presentations that can make it difficult to diagnose.  We’ll talk about the common presentations of dissection, the not-so-common presentations, how to order the right imaging, how to treat these patients in the ED, and how to get them to the right level of care.

Aortic Dissection Screencast

Aortic Dissection Screencast Audio File

Aortic Dissection Show Notes (Word Format)

Aortic Dissection Show Notes (PDF)

IRAD study link (Free full text)

IRAD study PDF (Free full text)

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