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First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 (2023) | Medicine (MD/DO) School Study Aid
Traumatic Aortic Rupture
- ETIOLOGY
- Blunt Thoracic Trauma
- Presentation
- Hemorrhagic Shock
- Diagnosis
- Chest X-Ray
- Ultrasound
- CT Angiography
- Management
- Fluid Resuscitation
- Blood Pressure Control
- Surgery
- Considerations
- Grave Prognosis
3 mins
Aortic Dissection
- Characteristics
- Tear in Aortic Intima
- Stanford Classification
- Type A: Tear of Ascending Aorta
- Type B: Tear of Descending Aorta
- Risk Factors
- Hypertension
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Marfan Syndrome
- Signs/Symptoms
- Chest Pain
- Blood Pressure Difference Between Arms
- Mediastinal Widening
- Treatment
- Surgery for Type A
- Beta Blockers for Type B
2 mins
Subclavian Steal Syndrome
- Pathophysiology
- Stenosis of Subclavian Artery
- Proximal to Origin of Vertebral Artery
- Risk Factors
- Male
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Smoking
- Signs
- >15 mmHg Difference in Systolic BP between Arms
- Symptoms
- Arm Ischemia
- Dizziness
- Associations
- Arteriosclerosis
- Takayasu Arteritis
- Heart Surgery
- Treatment
- Treat Underlying Disorder
2 mins
