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Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
 •
Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... • Pulmonary embolism ... EKG • Bedside ultrasound ... Well score for PE ... #Chest #Pain #Diagnosis
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Associated Lung Ultrasound ... sliding Pulmonary Embolism ... (PE): - Bilateral ... massive/submassive PE ... #differential #diagnosis
Ruling out Pulmonary Embolism - ADJUST-PE, PE in Pregnancy, and the PERC rule

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@DenverEMed

#Pulmonary #Embolism #VisualAbstract
out Pulmonary Embolism ... - ADJUST-PE, PE ... #Pulmonary #Embolism
Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism in Pregnancy - EMCases Algorithm

Clinical Pearls:
 - Reproducible chest wall tenderness does
Diagnosis of Pulmonary ... Embolism in Pregnancy ... Algorithm #Pulmonary #Embolism ... #Pregnancy #Diagnosis ... #PE
Pulmonary Embolism Severeity Index Scoring Criteria #EBM #Diagnosis #Management #PESI #RiskSscore #PE #PulmonaryEmbolism
Pulmonary Embolism ... Criteria #EBM #Diagnosis ... PESI #RiskSscore #PE
The Death Spiral: Increased RV Afterload (Acute PE) 
#Pathophysiology #PE #PulmonaryEmbolism #Embolism #DeathSpiral #Shock #RVDysfunction #RebelEM
Afterload (Acute PE ... Pathophysiology #PE ... PulmonaryEmbolism #Embolism
Signs and Symptoms of Pulmonary Embolism (PE)

#Pulmonary #Embolism #Signs #Symptoms #AcutePE #Diagnosis #Presentation

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Symptoms of Pulmonary Embolism ... (PE) #Pulmonary ... #Embolism #Signs ... Symptoms #AcutePE #Diagnosis
Diagnostic Algorithm for Suspected Pulmonary Embolism

Well's Criteria for PE
 • Clinical Signs and Symptoms of DVT
Diagnostic Algorithm ... Suspected Pulmonary Embolism ... Well's Criteria for PE ... less likely than PE ... Previous DVT or PE
Pulmonary Embolism Rule-Out Criteria

In the United States, the workup rate for PE is astonishingly high, with
Pulmonary Embolism ... workup rate for PE ... are positive for PE ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... #Embolism #RuleOut
The Wells, Geneva, and revised-Geneva pre-test possibility scores to risk-stratify patients with concern for PE

#Wells #Revised
with concern for PE ... Stratification #Scores #Diagnosis ... #Pulmonary #Embolism ... #PE #Scoring #Probability