Presentation on aortic aneurysm.

1. WELCOME.

2. AORTIC ANEURYSM.

3. INCIDENCE.

4. ETIOLOGY.

5. PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES.
DUE TO TROMA, INFECTION OR INTRINSIC
DEFECT.
PROGRESSIVE DESTRUCTION OF AORTIC
PROTEINS BY ENZYMES.
REDUCED STRENGTH AND ELASTICITY.

6. VESSEL WALL BULGES OUT
CAUSES REPTURE ON INCREASED PRESSURE.

7. REPTURE AND DEATH IF UNTREATED.

8. CLASSIFICATION OF AORTIC
ANEURYSM.

10. BASED ON SIZE.

11. LAYERS INVOLVED .
FALSE
TRUE.

12. BASED ON STRUCTURE.

13. CLINICAL FEATURES OF AORTIC
ANEURYSM.
• ASYMPTOMATIC
• PAIN
• CLOT FORMATION.
• ANXIETY.
• NAUSEA & VOMITING.
• CLAMMY SKIN.
• INCREASED HEART RATE.

14. DIAGNOSTIC MEASURES.

16. COMPLICATIONS.

17. MANAGEMENT OF AORTIC
ANEURYSM.

18. SURGERIES

20. NURSING CARE.

21. SUMMARY

22. CONCLUSION.