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Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
 •
Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... and Workup Algorithm ... Pneumothorax • Pulmonary ... Well score for PE ... #Algorithm #workup
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
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Vasculature: - PE ... of Dyspnea: • Chest ... Obesity - Flail chest ... Transverse myelitis • Hematology ... Deconditioning - Pain
Chest Pain Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
STEMI:
 - Hx: Pressure like CP, Radiation to arm/jaw, CAD risk
Chest Pain Diagnosis ... and Management Algorithm ... Limb ischemia Pulmonary ... pleuritic CP, Dyspnea, PE ... Pneumothorax: - Hx: Acute
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
effusions, weight gain ... • Rare: DAH, acute ... Imaging: CXR- pulmonary ... Infection (sepsis), PE ... diagnosis #management #hematology
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... Screening Tests for Acute ... younger than 45 years ... with neck, chest ... , and low back pain
Essential Thrombocythemia (ET)
ET is a chronic myeloproliferative neoplasm. Most cases are related to mutations that affect
lightheadedness, atypical chest ... pain, erythromelalgia ... MI, stroke, DVT/PE ... Thrombocythemia #ET #hematology ... diagnosis #management #hematology
Myelodysplastic syndromes current treatment algorithm 2018.

From Blood Cancer Journal, Published 24 May 2018

Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are
current treatment algorithm ... clonal evolution to acute ... of MDS is ~70 years ... cardiovascular or pulmonary ... #algorithm #hematology