MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'aortic aneurysm'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:35:11 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4670110&cid=t_239784_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fwaiting-to-die%2F2011.04.02 Surgeons are not so good at standing back, yet sometimes doing nothing is exactly what needs to be done. I remember one time that this turned out to be slightly humorous in a morbid sort of way. I was in my vascular rotation which was not too much fun (except for a short moment). Generally if a patient came in in the late afternoon requiring an operation, your entire night would be destroyed. And there was pretty much nothing worse than an abdominal aorta aneurysm (AAA). Scratch that. A bleeding AAA was a lot worse than an AAA. So when casualties called and said they had a bleeding AAA my heart sank. The patient was pale and clammy and his heart was racing. But the thing that struck me the most was his age. The man was 89 years old. The casualty officer also mentioned that he had previousl... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4670110 Sat, 02 Apr 2011 15:00:00 +0100 4670110 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4121853&cid=t_239784_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Ffree-aneurysm-screening-just-another-kmart-blue-light-special%2F2010.10.30 Kmart, Medtronic, and a bunch of specialty medical groups are sponsoring a campaign called “Find the AAAnswers” — the “AAA” standing for abdominal aortic aneurysm. It’s clever marketing for Kmart’s pharmacy business, since the screenings are being offered throughout the Fall at more than 900 Kmart pharmacies. And it’s not bad business for the specialty medical groups, either, as Larry Husten wrote on his Cardiobrief blog: …the expenses of the program and the coalition are entirely underwritten by Medtronic, which sells abdominal stent grafts used to repair AAAs, and the members of the coalition include organizations like the Peripheral Vascular Surgical Society, the Society for Vascular Surgery, and the Society for Vascular Ultrasound, ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4121853 Sun, 31 Oct 2010 00:00:10 +0100 4121853 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3171917&cid=t_239784_97_f&fid=35606&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theangriestpharmacist.com%2F2010%2F01%2F14%2Fdiagnosed-a-case-based-post%2F Older lady (50-something) calls in today….really…today January 13, 2010. “I have a pretty bad stomach ache. I’ve tried everything.” After a lengthy discussion with a lady that was pretty sharp when it came to OTC meds and taking care of herself, here were the facts: - Epigastric pain above the belly button, beneath the sternum. - Rarely radiated. Sometimes pulsated. Sometimes had back pain, but figured it was due to her job as a cashier. - Patient has (un)controlled hypertension. Her BP is high, but she is finally under treatment after years and years of uncontrolled HTN. It’s on the way down, but not to goal yet. - Has tried the following meds: Rolaids, Gaviscon, Milk of Magnesia, Fibercon, Colace, Zantac/Pepcid, Omeprazole, Protonix, and Tylenol/Ibupro... The Angriest Pharmacist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3171917 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:34:17 +0100 3171917 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3023067&cid=t_239784_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F11%2F24%2Fjournal-of-the-american-medical-association-2009-vol-302-no-18%2F This article discusses the issues surrounding treatment and monitoring of AAA in a 66 year-old man. An NHS Athens password is required to access this article online. Posted in Current Awareness, Journals Tagged: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, Males, Older People, Risk Factors, Screening (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3023067 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:21:36 +0100 3023067 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2398668&cid=t_239784_88_f&fid=35612&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheknifeman.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F05%2Fgentlemen-i-have-pleasure-of-informing.html **For reasons that will become apparent to her, I would sugest LBF doesn't bother with this post. Her character isn't in it. I also know that now I've written this, she'll read on...**The aortic aneurysm is a pathological entity to be feared. A weakening of the walls of the aorta, the body's main artery, the original big red, if you will, allows it to stretch and swell, to bulge. Think of old school Tom and Jerry cartoons where Tom stands on a hose, and the hose swells comically behind him.Except it's less funny.I shan't bore you with the details - you'll either know them already, or not want to. But the only curative therapy is surgical, and that carries significant risk. Some cases are felt 'inoperable', or carry such high risks as to be felt inadvisable.Of course, the risk is that, like... The KnifeMan blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2398668 Fri, 08 May 2009 11:24:00 +0100 2398668 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2190515&cid=t_239784_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F02%2Fvisit-from-dave.html Barbara is 75 years old. She has lived alone since Bob, her husband, died a few years ago. She is still quietly grieving. Bob did all the household accounts. He paid the bills, and was a dab hand at D.I.Y. Barbara does it all now. Apart from the D.I.Y., which her son, Tom, has taken over. She is managing very well, thank you. Except when the central heating boiler makes that clunking noise. It worries her. It clunked when Bob was alive but he said it was nothing serious, just the pipes expanding. Barbara understands that, but she still worries. So when that nice young man in the white van, with "Plumber" written on his smart overalls,  knocked on her door and said he was in her area, and would she like her boiler checked before the onset of winter, Barbara accepted the offer. Dave was fri... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2190515 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:49:00 +0100 2190515