Abdominal aortic aneurysm: Diagnosis, treatment, and implications for advanced practice nursing From: Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners | Date: September 1, 1999| Author: Tyrrell, Ann | Copyright American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Sep 1999. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

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Abdominal aortic aneurysms occur in 5% to 7% percent of people over age 60 in the United States (Brown, Pattenden, Vernooy, Zelt, and Gutelius, 1996). An aneurysm is defined as a permanent localized dilatation of an artery, with an increase in diameter of greater than 1.5 times it& normal diameter. Abdominal aortic aneurysms may be manifested by catastrophic rupture, signs of pressure on other viscera or an embolism originating in the aneurysmal wall, but in mo...

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