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Aortic Stenosis, Dereck Vonallman

Nursing Student Class Projects (Formerly MSN)

The poster pertains to aortic stenosis (AS) and how it relates to the nurse anesthesia profession. Topic was chosen due to my current role in the cardiovascular intensive care unit and future role as a certified nurse anesthetist. Case presentation was offered in the form of an OR patient who suffered AS and became hypotensive. The underlying pathophysiology was listed as; hereditary, scaring and calcium deposits. Significance of the pathophysiology is identified in the proper management of a patient with AS who suffers from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and how a hypotension crisis in the OR needs to be managed differently than …