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Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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life-threatening causes ... Pulmonary embolism • Cardiac ... ultrasound • CXR ... Serial troponin; HEART ... score for PE • CTA
Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
interstitial edema due to cardiac ... heart failure. ... The other cause ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Acute #Interstitial
VFib Arrest on POCUS Echocardiogram

67yo male arrives unresponsive and pulseless after 20min continuous prehospital CPR. 

#VFib
VFib Arrest on POCUS ... continuous prehospital CPR ... #VFib #Arrest #Cardiac ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Clinical #PLAX
Good vs Bad CPR on POCUS TEE during Cardiac Arrest
POCUS TEE can be utilized intra-arrest to
Good vs Bad CPR ... Cardiac Arrest ... to augment CPR ... KPSono @KpSono #CPR ... #POCUS #TEE #clinical
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
Cardiac Tamponade ... indicated, start CPR ... • Call for cardiac ... anaesthesia #Cardiac ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Post-Arrest Liver Laceration on POCUS
Liver laceration can occur secondarily to chest compressions. Delays in detecting post-arrest
Laceration on POCUS ... biased towards cardiac ... causes for post-arrest ... Liver #Laceration #cpr ... #POCUS #clinical
Tetralogy of Falot on Chest X-Ray
Tetralogy of Falot comprises four defects -
1. Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
2.
caused the upturned ... cardiac apex due ... the most common cardiac ... #Chest #XRay #CXR ... #clinical #radiology
Pericardial Effusion seen during CPR on POCUS Echocardiogram

This patient was given an anesthetic and became unresponsive
Effusion seen during CPR ... patient presented in cardiac ... CPR (seen in the ... Pericardial #Effusion #CPR ... #clinical #ultrasound
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
Cardiac incisura ... wall, since the heart ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... Cardiac #Incisura
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
• Unexpected cardiac ... surgery. ❷ Call for cardiac ... pressure < 50 mmHg or cardiac ... arrest, start CPR ... an appropriate critical