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Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
 •
Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... History and Exam Acute ... life-threatening causes ... Pneumothorax • Pulmonary ... #Pain #Diagnosis
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Chest Pain - Differential ... of Chest Pain: ... Causes of Chest ... Pain: • Chest ... Diagnosis #Causes
Life Threatening Causes of Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Table

 • ACS
 • Aortic Dissection
 •
Life Threatening Causes ... of Chest Pain - ... Differential Diagnosis ... Dissection • Pulmonary ... #Pain #differential
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
	-
Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... failure - CAD/ACS ... Deconditioning - Pain ... #diagnosis #causes
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acute or chronic ... ) = {Na - (Cl + ... Diagnosis: Causes ... Hyperventilation (Anxiety, pain ... Classically” noted with pulmonary
Features That Differentiate Acute Pericarditis from Myocardial Ischemia or Infarction and Pulmonary Embolism

In contrast to the
Infarction and Pulmonary ... pain from acute ... chest pain may ... life-threatening causes ... of chest pain,
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
, CML, AML, APML ... ALL (Acute Lymphoblastic ... Philadelphia - BCR-ABL ... -> AML: Blast crises ... Hematology #Oncology #Diagnosis
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Causes of Dyspnea ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Pulmonary ... /Chest Wall: • ... : ACS, Acute decompensated
Mucoid Degeneration of the ACL
Imaging Findings:
 • T2-hyperintense fluid-signal within the enlarged ACL on both the
Degeneration of the ACL ... present with chronic pain ... Differential Diagnosis ... - Can cause ... #degeneration #knee
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
Breathing • Check chest ... and APL valve < ... #Hypotension #Differential ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup