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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 ... and Workup Algorithm ... • Esophageal rupture ... #Pain #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #workup
Diagnostic algorithm for a child or adolescent with suspected pulmonary hypertension. CHD, congenital heart disease; CPET,
Diagnostic algorithm ... cardiopulmonary exercise testing ... hypertension; CXR, chest ... #Hypertension #Workup ... #Algorithm
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... Gram stain and culture ... years with neck, chest ... , and low back pain ... #workup #diagnosis
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
lesions + Rheumatic pain ... involve anterior chest ... , parts of the axial ... other etiology • Laboratory ... osteoarticular and skin disease
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
flip-flopping in the chest ... ECG • Limited laboratory ... testing Heart ... Flag Symptoms: • Chest ... pain: Underlying
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Loss of weight • Chest ... pain/tightness ... Connective tissue diseases ... high-resolution chest ... Bronchoscopy Laboratory
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
algorithm to determine ... change CV risk Chest ... CARP, DECREASE V trials ... preoperative stress testing ... stratification #diagnosis
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
muscle aches, joint ... pain, chest pain ... • Confirmed by culture ... Urinary antigen testing ... : • Culture of
PFAPA Syndrome - Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Adenitis

EPIDEMIOLOGY:
PFAPA is the most common syndrome entailing
, diarrhea, or joint ... detected with testing ... the acute flare; chest ... fever, rashes, joint ... Serial CBC counts