Challenges in acute care surgery: management of severe proximal blunt aortic injury

• Published in: Trauma surgery & acute care open Vol. 9; no. 1; p. e001249
• Main Authors: Stettler, Gregory R, Crouse, David S, Velazquez, Gabriela A, Martin, R Shayn
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 01.02.2024; BMJ Publishing Group LTD; BMJ Publishing Group
• Subjects: Abdomen; Aorta, Thoracic; Carotid arteries; Challenges in trauma and acute care surgery; Hemorrhage; Injuries; Ischemia; Medical imaging; Multiple Trauma; Patients; Pseudoaneurysm; Stroke; Surgery; Trauma; Veins & arteries; Aorta, Thoracic; Multiple Trauma

Correspondence to Dr Gregory R Stettler; gstettle@wakehealth.edu Case summary An adult patient in their 60s presents to the emergency department after sustaining injuries in a motor vehicle collision. Once the patient arrived at the trauma center, they were hypotensive with systolic blood pressure o...