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Life Threatening Causes of Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Table

 • ACS
 • Aortic Dissection
 •
Threatening Causes of Chest ... Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Table ... ACS • Aortic Dissection ... Tamponade • Esophageal
Acute Esophageal Necrosis
History: Hematemesis and/or melena (70%), Dysphagia, Epigastric/chest pain, Sepsis
Diagnosis EGD and Biopsy
Differential: Melanosis, Melanoma,
Acute Esophageal ... Dysphagia, Epigastric/chest ... pain, Sepsis Diagnosis ... EGD and Biopsy Differential ... #management #gastroenterology
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Chest Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Vascular: - Aortic dissection ... Mediastinitis • Esophageal ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Chest Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Aortic Dissection ... Noncardiac #Cardiology #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Oropharyngeal - Can't initiate swallow, Cough/nasal regurg when attempting to swallow
Esophageal
Dysphagia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... SCVMCMed #Dysphagia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... solids #liquids #gastroenterology
Management of Jackhammer Esophagus or Esophageal Spasm
Step 1: Assess the severity of the motility disturbance
Step 2:
Management of Jackhammer ... Esophagus or Esophageal ... Consider further diagnostics ... Jackhammer #Esophagus #Esophageal ... #gastroenterology
Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Symptom | Diagnosis
• Solid-food dysphagia present for months to years | Mechanical
Dysphagia - Differential ... but often feel chest ... sitting” in the chest ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #gastroenterology
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
 •
Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... infarction • Aortic dissection ... tamponade • Esophageal ... MatthewHoMD #Chest ... #Pain #Diagnosis
Esophageal Necrosis
Etiology:
 - Ischemia and Gastric Outlet Obstruction with GERD may be inciting events
 - Associated
acidosis, and Aortic dissection ... epigastric/retrosternal chest ... pain Diagnosis: ... #Necrosis #diagnosis ... #management #gastroenterology
Oropharyngeal and Esophageal Causes of Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis
Oropharyngeal Dysphagia
 • Neuromuscular causes: CVA/CNS tumor/ALS, Parkinson's,
of Dysphagia - Differential ... Diagnosis Oropharyngeal ... #Dysphagia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #causes ... #gastroenterology