UMEM Educational Pearls

Title: Aortic Dissection

Category: Vascular

Keywords: aortic dissection, chest, abdominal, pain, malpractice (PubMed Search)

Posted: 7/16/2007 by Rob Rogers, MD (Updated: 11/22/2024)
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Most common themes in medical malpractice cases involving missed aortic dissection: -Some combination of chest/back, chest/abdomen, or abdomen/back -Symptoms "above and below" the diaphragm (neck pain and abdominal pain, for e.g.) Sullivan, SullivanGroup.com 2006 Acute Aortic Disease, Elefteriades 2007