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Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Research from St. Vincent's Hospital in the area of abdominal aortic aneurysm published
June 18th, 2009
"A woman aged 75 years developed chylous ascites day 5 after emergency abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. She was still on artificial ventilation at the time of diagnosis," scientists writing in the journal Vascular report. "The first symptoms were high ventilation pressure, an elevated diaphragm, and abdominal distention. The patient was treated conservatively with drainage and total parenteral nutrition and given tube feeding without long-chain triglycerides. Unfortunately, the patient died of sepsis on day 25. Chylous ascites is an unusual complication of retroperitoneal surgery. Abdominal paracentesis is a simple means to confirm the diagnosis. Initial...
Source: Blood Weekly (2009-06-18)
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