Ruptured AAA
- basically Impending bleeding doom
- the main question is more of 'when will it rupture?'
- depends on size
pre-op
- permissive hypotension
- no direct comparative studies, but widely accepted in actual practice
- pain control
post-op issues
Expect your incoming patient to have
- ischaemic...
- liver
- gut
- spinal cord → paraplegia?
- kidney → Acute kidney injury
- coagulopathy