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An Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chest Pain #Diagnosis #Management #EM #IM #Chest #Pain #ChestPain #Evaluation
An Algorithm for ... Pain #Diagnosis ... #Management #EM ... #IM #Chest #Pain ... #Ddxof
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... COVID 19 - Zika virus ... • Weakness: Starts ... Hands or feet • Pain ... #management #treatment
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
involve anterior chest ... wall, parts of ... Rule out other causes ... and lower jaw Treatment ... #management #Dermatology
Achalasia Summary

Epidemiology: 10 cases per 100,000 individuals

Defined by inadequate relaxation of the LES and aperistalsis
Primary or
food or saliva • Chest ... pain • Hiccups ... suggest cancer as ... : • Short duration ... #management #treatment
Essential Thrombocythemia (ET)
ET is a chronic myeloproliferative neoplasm. Most cases are related to mutations that affect
Most cases are related ... lightheadedness, atypical chest ... pain, erythromelalgia ... • Treatment algorithms ... #management #hematology
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
(@MarkRamzyDO, EM ... pain. ... pain as non-radiating ... consider intra-abdominal ... Most commonly caused
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Pulmonary 3) Abdominal ... muscle aches, joint pain ... , chest pain • ... Inhalation of spores ... #Management #Infections