Podcast 695: Einstein and Cellophane

<p><strong>Educational Pearls:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Albert Einstein had chronic abdominal pain as a middle-aged man</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Dr. Rudolph Nissen, founder of the Nissen fundoplication, performed exploratory surgery for this pain and found an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The only treatment for an AAA at that time was to wrap the vessel in cellophane, causing a fibrotic response to prevent rupture</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Einstein died 7 years after this surgery, likely from his leaking abdominal aortic aneurysm</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>References</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cervantes Castro J. Albert Einstein y su aneurisma de la aorta [Albert Einstein and his abdominal aortic aneurysm]. Gac Med Mex. 2011;147(1):74-76.</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Summarized by John Spartz, MS4 | Edited by Erik Verzemnieks, MD</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Emergency Medical Minute is excited to announce that we are now offering</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">AMA PRA Category 1 credits™</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">via online course modules. To access these and for more information, visit our website at</span> <a href= "http://www.emergencymedicalminute.org/cme-courses"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">www.emergencymedicalminute.org/cme-courses/</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and create an account. </span></p> <p><a href= "https://www.paypal.com/donate?token=6bIZ91UwjZALMiRLAEcQYYPHyLILwbivQwgtGl3JzaB6oGAQK1B2nrGSGvrS-g7zJApXzVlWIO-lmLfB"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Donate to EMM today!</span></a></p>