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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 #ChestPain ... #Algorithm #Ddxof
Differential Diagnosis of Pleuritic Chest Pain:

Categorized by causes: Cardiac, Pulmonary, MSK, Drug/Toxins, Heme/Onc, Renal, Autoimmune

#Diagnosis #Pleuritic
Differential Diagnosis ... of Pleuritic Chest ... Pain: Categorized ... , Pulmonary, MSK ... Differential #Algorithm #Ddxof
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... • Most common cause ... pain, hemoptysis ... #Abscess #pulmonary ... #differential #causes
Pulmonary Hypertension Groups - WHO Classification
Group I - Vascular remodeling of pulmonary arteries
 • Idiopathic, HIV,
III - Chronic lung ... pain. ... dyspnea, fatigue, chest ... pain, or pre-syncope ... Classification #diagnosis
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
including restrictive lung ... pain, and an elevated ... Breathing #Patterns #Pulmonary ... Abnormalities #Abnormal ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
friction rub audible Lungs ... inflammation tends to cause ... interstitial lung ... disease/pulmonary ... signs #symptoms #diagnosis
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic inflammation causes ... pain/tightness ... Most Common Causes ... in the adjacent lung ... - BAR >1.0 is abnormal
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
Therefore, conditions caused ... apices caused by ... a rigid chest cage ... granulomatosis • Abnormal ... #differential #diagnosis
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
a parasternal long ... pain, a normal chest ... In this case, the ... Michael Macias, EM ... University #Clinical #EM
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
hearing loss, saddle ... Goodpasture's cause ... sparing of the lung ... typically seen on chest ... hematuria, RBC casts