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Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
 •
Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... dissection • Pneumothorax ... ultrasound • CXR ... MatthewHoMD #Chest ... #Pain #Diagnosis
Chest X-Ray Interpretation Checklist
Outline ALL bones
Check soft tissues
Assess heart borders
Is density, behind the heart the same
Chest X-Ray Interpretation ... Check apices for pneumothorax ... radiologistpage #Chest ... #XRay #CXR #Interpretation ... Checklist #radiology #diagnosis
Pertinent Chest x-ray Findings in the Trauma Patient and Implications
Respiratory distress without x-ray findings - Central
Pertinent Chest ... rib fracture - Pneumothorax ... Persistent large pneumothorax ... abdominal viscus #cxr ... chestxray #trauma #diagnosis
Life Threatening Causes of Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Table

 • ACS
 • Aortic Dissection
 •
Threatening Causes of Chest ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Pulmonary Embolism • Pneumothorax ... #ChestPain #Chest ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Respiratory Distress in the Newborn - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Premature Newborn
 - Normal CXR:
- Differential Diagnosis ... Newborn - Normal CXR ... Narcosis - Abnormal CXR ... (TTNB) • Pneumothorax ... #Differential #Diagnosis
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level (blue arrow).
The upper lobe is still attached to the
attached to the chest ... assume that the pneumothorax ... is a possible diagnosis ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Pneumothorax #
Chest XRay Consolidation Pattern - Differential Algorithm #Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR #Consolidation #Pattern #Differential #Algorithm #RadiologyAssistant
Chest XRay Consolidation ... Differential Algorithm #Diagnosis ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Chest Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Pain: • Chest ... - Effusion - Pneumothorax ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Chest XRay Interstitial Pattern - Differential Algorithm #Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR #Interstitial #Pattern #Differential #Algorithm #RadiologyAssistant
Chest XRay Interstitial ... Differential Algorithm #Diagnosis ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR
The retracted visceral pleura is seen (blue arrow) which indicates that there is a pneumothorax.
There is
When a pneumothorax ... only key to the diagnosis ... of a pneumothorax ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Pneumothorax #