| 1.) |
What additional history do you need in this patient? |
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| 2.) |
What are pertinent physical findings to note in this patient? |
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| 3.) |
How can you differentiate this mass clinically from some other mass? How can you tell that the pulsatile mass is not just a transmitted aortic pulse in a thin patient? |
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| 4.) |
What are three main studies used to evaluate this patient? |
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| 5.) |
If a person has an AAA, what are risk factors for surgery that should be elicited from the patient? |
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| 6.) |
What is the main factor predisposing to rupture of the aneurysm? |
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| 7.) |
How do you decide whether or not to operate on this patient? |
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| 8.) |
Is there any alternative to surgery? Are there any advantages or disadvantages to this alternate approach? |
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