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An Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chest Pain #Diagnosis #Management #EM #IM #Chest #Pain #ChestPain #Evaluation
of Chest Pain #Diagnosis ... #Management #EM ... #IM #Chest #Pain ... #Differential # ... Algorithm #Ddxof
Diagnosis and management of Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN)

Chapel Hill 2012 definition: 
Necrotizing vasculitis ofmedium or small arteries
Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN ... 140 umol/L - GI ... TerrierBen #PAN ... PolyarteritisNodosa #Rheumatology ... #Vasculitis #Differential
Aortic Dissection Pearls
Aortic dissection is caused by a tear in the tunica intima, the innermost layer
the wall of the aorta ... Evaluation: 1. ... presenting with chest ... /abd/back pain that ... BP: • Control pain
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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tract: abdominal pain ... < 30 years - Aorta ... branches • GCA: - Aorta ... gut -> abdominal pain ... , testes -> pain
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
< 30 years • Aorta ... Arteritis): • Aorta ... Polyarteritis Nodosa: • PAN ... tract: Abdominal pain ... involvement, abdominal pain
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Post-infectious GN - Loin pain ... syndrome: • Flank pain ... Diagnostic of GN or vasculitis ... renal vein between aorta ... Pseudohematuria: • GI
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Associated with Joint Pain ... Hemochromatosis GI ... (e.g., PAN) ... conditions #joint #pain ... #differential #
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
those coming off aorta ... very remarkable w/differential ... claudication: pain ... chews, not just pain ... them, but urgent rheumatology