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Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
 •
Diagnosis and Workup ... Algorithm History ... Well score for PE ... Pain #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #workup
#Diagnosis #Management #PE #PulmonaryEmbolism #Overview #Algorithm
Diagnosis #Management #PE ... PulmonaryEmbolism #Overview #Algorithm
Pulmonary Embolism Rule-Out Criteria

In the United States, the workup rate for PE is astonishingly high, with
United States, the workup ... rate for PE is ... receiving a CTPA for PE ... are positive for PE ... or imaging for PE
Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism in Pregnancy - EMCases Algorithm

Clinical Pearls:
 - Reproducible chest wall tenderness does
Pregnancy - EMCases Algorithm ... not rule out PE ... - PE may mimic ... underlying hypoxia #Algorithm ... Pregnancy #Diagnosis #PE
Diagnostic Algorithm for Suspected Pulmonary Embolism

Well's Criteria for PE
 • Clinical Signs and Symptoms of DVT
Diagnostic Algorithm ... Well's Criteria for PE ... less likely than PE ... Previous DVT or PE ... AcutePE #Diagnosis #Algorithm
A quick way to consider causes of PEA arrest (or severe hypotension) is to consider: Volume
consider causes of PEA ... pneumothorax, massive PE ... Differential #Evaluation #Algorithm
Causes of Post-Partum Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
6 W's for causes of PPF
 - Wind: pneumonia,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... for causes of PPF ... Atelectasis • PE ... PostPartum #Fever #PPF ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Imaging options for exclusion of PE in pregnant women
The radiation dose required for either V/Q scanning
for exclusion of PE ... PulmonaryEmbolism #PE ... #Pregnancy #Workup
PEA Arrest Algorithm incorporating POCUS

- by Mark Ramzy DO, EMT-P @MRamzyDO

#PEA #Arrest #Algorithm #POCUS #Diagnosis #Narrow
PEA Arrest Algorithm ... incorporating POCUS ... @MRamzyDO #PEA ... #Arrest #Algorithm ... #POCUS #Diagnosis
Treatment Algorithm for First Time Pulmonary Embolism
 • Provoked
 • Unprovoked
 • Active Malignancy

By Carlin Rooke,
Treatment Algorithm ... #PE #Pulmonary # ... Embolism #Treatment #Algorithm