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Emergency Ultrasound (EUS)教學(3)

急診超音波在腹主動脈瘤之應用
新光醫院急診醫學科
陳國智醫師
中華民國醫用超音波學會指導醫師
Scenario

59 y/o man
C/O: right flank pain, VAS: 8/10
Past history: renal stone
Your impression ?
Next step ?
Clinical indications
• All patients over 50 years of age with:

• Classic presentation of ruptured AAA


• Any pain consistent with ruptured AAA
• Unexplained hypotension, dizziness, or
syncope
• Cardiac arrest
Triad of ruptured AAA
• Abdominal, back, or flank pain
• A palpable abdominal mass
• Hypotension

This "classic" presentation may be found


in less than 25% of cases
超音波檢查
• 探頭:
– 2.5-3.0MHz curvilinear
• 掃描位置:
– subxiphoid area
– using the left lobe of the liver as an acoustic window
• 技巧:
– 施壓以移走腸氣
• 掃描介面:
– both the longitudinal and transverse planes
Anatomy and Probe position
Transverse View
Transverse View
Longitudinal View
Coronal View
傳統view看不見時的輔助介面
Obstacles
Bowel gas
Obesity
AAA
Abdominal aortic dissection
Pitfalls

• Contraindication: delay operation


• Overreliance on examination
• Patient factors limiting imaging
• Errors in imaging.
– IVC
– Cylinder tangent effect
• A small aneurysm does not preclude rupture
• Large para-aortic nodes may be confused for AAA
The cylinder tangent effect
Case
• 74-year-old man
• Complained sudden onset back pain
• Pale appearance with cold sweating
• Bedside ultrasound

• Sent OR within one hour


Bedside ultrasound
Bedside ultrasound
Bedside ultrasound
Bedside ultrasound
Take Home Message
SKHER AAA protocol
• Any patient: age >= 50 y/o
– Syncope / hypotension/dizziness and/or
– Abdominal / back / flank / groin pain

• EUS – Abdominal aorta evaluation


– Subxiphoid area, longitudinal & transverse
– From just below diaphragm to bifurcation
– Epigastrium, SMA, and 3cm above bifurcation
– AAA: diameter more than 3cm (>=5cm, high risk)

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