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Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... life-threatening causes ... ultrasound • CXR ... MatthewHoMD #Chest ... #Pain #Diagnosis
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
Pericarditis) -> Chest ... Pain worse when ... Dyspnea, pleuritic chest ... on CXR • RA inflammation ... tends to cause
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... pain, hemoptysis ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... #differential #causes
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
e.g. incidental CXR ... dyspnea, cough, chest ... pain 3. ... (2-5%), liver (pain ... 12-20%, spleen (pain
The Causes of Chest Pain - Life Threatening and Other Causes

#Chest #Pain #Differential #Causes
The Causes of Chest ... Pain - Life Threatening ... and Other Causes ... #Chest #Pain ... #Differential #Causes
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
pain. ... pain as non-radiating ... x-ray (CXR), try ... not seen on a CXR ... Most commonly caused
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Chest Pain - Differential ... Cardiovascular Causes ... of Chest Pain: ... of Chest Pain: ... of Chest Pain:
Causes of Acute Pediatric Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Fever, No Tachypnea
 - Normal Chest Auscultation
Causes of Acute ... Tachypnea - Normal Chest ... Bronchiolitis - CXR ... pneumonia - CXR ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Life Threatening Causes of Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Table

 • ACS
 • Aortic Dissection
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Life Threatening Causes ... of Chest Pain - ... #ChestPain #Chest ... #Pain #differential
Chest Pain Differential Diagnosis by Organ System

- By Dr. Eric Strong @DrEricStrong 

#ChestPain #Differential #Diagnosis #Table
Chest Pain Differential ... #OrganSystem #Causes