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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 ... tamponade • Esophageal ... Serial troponin; HEART ... score • PERC;
HEART Score – A Tool For the ED The HEART score is an excellent tool that
HEART Score – A ... The HEART score ... the ED to help focus ... The HEART score ... www.mdcalc.com/heart-score-major-cardiac-events
H’s and T’s Mnemonic - Causes of Cardiac Arrest
H's - Hypovolemia, Hypoxia, Hydrogen Ions (acidosis), Hyperkalemia
T’s Mnemonic - Causes ... of Cardiac Arrest ... Toxins / Tablets, Tamponade ... #Arrest #Causes ... #differential #
“H’s & T’s“ - The reversible causes of Cardiac Arrest 
Hypovolemia, Hypoxia/Hypoxemia, Hydrogen Ion Excess (Acidosis),
The reversible causes ... of Cardiac Arrest ... Hyperkalemia, Hypothermia Tamponade ... (Cardiac), Toxins ... #HsTs #acls #differential
Life Threatening Causes of Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Table

 • ACS
 • Aortic Dissection
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Life Threatening Causes ... of Chest Pain - Differential ... Pneumothorax • Cardiac ... Tamponade • Esophageal ... #Chest #Pain #differential
Causes of acute heart failure
 - Acute pressure overload (increased afterload, mechanical flow obstruction) 
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Causes of acute ... heart failure - ... impairment - Cardiac ... #Failure #Differential ... #Causes #Diagnosis
Approach to the Hypotensive Patient - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hypotension

Blood Pressure = Heart Rate x
Hypotensive Patient - Differential ... Blood Pressure = Heart ... Bradycardia (inadequate cardiac ... • Pericardial tamponade ... #diagnosis #causes
Causes of Acute Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular
 • Myocardial Infarction*
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • CHF
Pleural
Causes of Acute ... Dyspnea - Differential ... Infarction* • Cardiac ... Tamponade* • ... #Dyspnea #SOB #Differential
Underlying causes of PEA arrest: H’s and T’s 

Hypovolemia, Hypoxia, Hydrogen Ion (acidosis), Hypo/Hyper-kalemia, Hypothermia
Toxins, Tamponade,
Underlying causes ... Hypothermia Toxins, Tamponade ... Pneumothorax, Thrombosis (heart ... #arrest #HsTs #Differential
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
consider: o Cardiac ... Anaphylaxis → 3-1 o Cardiac ... tamponade → 3-9 ... Sepsis → 3-14 o Cardiac ... #Hypotension #Differential