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Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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Algorithm History ... life-threatening causes ... Pulmonary embolism • Cardiac ... : • EKG • Bedside ... Serial troponin; HEART
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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performed) • Clinical ... gallop • Abnormal ECG ... shock, sudden cardiac ... death Management ... #Cardiology
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
classification, and the HEART ... physical activity - Nausea ... (+LR 2.6) - Cardiac ... - History - EKG ... #cardiology #Angina
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
consider: o Cardiac ... Anaphylaxis → 3-1 o Cardiac ... Sepsis → 3-14 o Cardiac ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Intraoperative Cardiac ... unconscious, signs of cardiac ... risk factors for cardiac ... ❶ Call for cardiac ... anaesthesia #Cardiac
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
Cardiac Tamponade ... • Call for cardiac ... Plan definitive management ... anaesthesia #Cardiac ... #Workup
Syncope is a sudden, transient loss of consciousness, which is thought to be secondary to cerebral
be divided into cardiac ... syncope, e.g., ... or structural heart ... further guide management ... should be guided by clinical
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Clinical: Dyspnea ... Echocardiography, Cardiac ... MRI, Cardiac Catheterization ... Endomyocardial: Carcinoid Heart ... #algorithm
STAGES of CHF (A, B, C, D), however, describe the severity of structural abnormalities that impair
with end-stage heart ... flare ups that cause ... Treatments may include: cardiac ... #Management #Cardiology ... Stages #ACCAHA #Algorithm
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
39 C this is a clinical ... • Excessive heat ... amphetamines) Toxic: • Radiologic ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup