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Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... tamponade • Esophageal ... EKG • Bedside ultrasound ... • CXR • CBC ... MatthewHoMD #Chest
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
Cardiac Tamponade ... cardiothoracic surgery, trauma ... indicated, start CPR ... • Diagnostic ... critical care area
CABG Graft Pseudoaneurysm

Chest pain post CABG - always worth taking a look!  Large graft pseudoaneurysm!!
Chest pain post ... encounter challenging cardiac ... CTA chest showed ... the diagnosis, ... anticoags - VCU Ultrasound
Post-Arrest Liver Laceration on POCUS
Liver laceration can occur secondarily to chest compressions. Delays in detecting post-arrest
Laceration on POCUS ... secondarily to chest ... biased towards cardiac ... Liver #Laceration #cpr ... #trauma #ultrasound
Rib fractures on POCUS 
1. look for a discontinuity at the site of pain and tenderness
US beats CXR on ... beyond a clinical diagnosis ... course based on chest ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #trauma