Hybrid emergency room management of a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm

Yuta Murai, MD; Shokei Matsumoto, MD; Tomohisa Egawa, MD; Tomohiro Funabiki, MD; Tatsuya Shimogawara, MD

Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques (Mar 2021)

Hybrid emergency room management of a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm

Yuta Murai, MD,
Shokei Matsumoto, MD,
Tomohisa Egawa, MD,
Tomohiro Funabiki, MD,
Tatsuya Shimogawara, MD

Affiliations

Yuta Murai, MD: Department of Vascular Surgery, Saiseikai Yokohamashi Tobu Hospital, Yokohama, Japan
Shokei Matsumoto, MD: Department of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Saiseikai Yokohamashi Tobu Hospital, Yokohama, Japan; Correspondence: Shokei Matsumoto, MD, Department of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Saiseikai Yokohamashi Tobu Hospital, 3-6-1 Shimosueyoshi, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 230-0012, Japan
Tomohisa Egawa, MD: Department of Vascular Surgery, Saiseikai Yokohamashi Tobu Hospital, Yokohama, Japan
Tomohiro Funabiki, MD: Department of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Saiseikai Yokohamashi Tobu Hospital, Yokohama, Japan
Tatsuya Shimogawara, MD: Department of Vascular Surgery, Saiseikai Yokohamashi Tobu Hospital, Yokohama, Japan

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 21 – 25

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Patients with a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (rAAA) still have high mortality. Rapid diagnosis and treatment are vital for improving survival outcomes. rAAA management has evolved regarding these factors. We have reported the case of a 70-year-old man with an rAAA that was rapidly diagnosed and treated in a hybrid emergency room (ER). A hybrid ER is an integrated ER capable of computed tomography scanning, interventional radiology, and surgery in one place. In the present case, the door-to-intervention time was 35 minutes. The use of hybrid ERs has the potential to enhance the speed and quality of diagnostic and definitive treatment of rAAAs.

Published in Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques

ISSN: 2468-4287 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery; Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-vascular-surgery-cases-innovations-and-techniques

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