Author: Charlotte Davies / Editor: Yasmin Sultan / Codes: CC7, CC9, SLO1, SLO3 / Published: 15/12/2021
The following patients have diagnosed or suspected aortic dissection. You’d like to control their blood pressure. But what agent do you use and why?
Answer these questions based on the RCEMLearning blog.
Module Content
Aortic Dissection
This session covers the diagnosis and initial management of a patient with acute aortic dissection.
Aortas
As I write this, it’s aortic dissection awareness day. Not another blog on AAD I hear you cry…But we thought you might all like an update and a consolidation on what is happening in the world of this black swan diagnosis.
Hypertensive Emergencies
A hypertensive emergency is defined as the clinical situation in which there is a marked elevation of blood pressure (BP) associated with acute or progressive end organ damage, e.g. cardiovascular, renal or neurological dysfunction.