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Life Threatening Causes of Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Table

 • ACS
 • Aortic Dissection
 •
Life Threatening Causes ... Diagnosis Table • ACS ... • Aortic Dissection
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Cardiovascular Causes ... Myocarditis - CAD/ACS ... Vascular: - Aortic dissection ... Tamponade Pulmonary Causes ... Pneumothorax Other Causes
TypeA Aortic Dissection on POCUS Echocardiogram

80yo F presents with CP&SOB after syncope. BP 91/62, HR81, O2sat
TypeA Aortic Dissection ... afib, twi I & aVL ... for this Type A Dissection ... TypeA #Aortic #Dissection ... Echocardiogram #Clinical #Ultrasound
Outpatient Hypertension Management Algorithm
Monotherapy: 
 • Thiazide/thiazide-like 
 • ACE-I (non-black patients), 
 • ARB
Outpatient Hypertension Management ... Combined: • ACE-I ... ARB + CCB • ACE-I ... Stoke* • Aortic Dissection ... #Hypertension #Management
Aortic Dissection Pearls
Aortic dissection is caused by a tear in the tunica intima, the innermost layer
Aortic Dissection ... Pearls Aortic dissection ... is caused by a ... Consider aortic dissection ... #diagnosis #management
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
• Call for ultrasound ... re-assess using ultrasound ... Plan definitive management ... • Ideally use ultrasound ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
 •
life-threatening causes ... infarction • Aortic dissection ... EKG • Bedside ultrasound
Bradycardia Diagnostic and Management Algorithm

CONSIDER ETIOLOGY (not inclusive): 
 - STRUCTURAL: sick sinus, AV block, ischemia,
Diagnostic and Management ... cardiomyopathy, dissection ... LIFE THREATENING CAUSES ... #Diagnosis #Management
“H’s & T’s“ - The reversible causes of Cardiac Arrest 
Hypovolemia, Hypoxia/Hypoxemia, Hydrogen Ion Excess (Acidosis),
The reversible causes ... Coronary) #HsTs #acls ... diagnosis #arrest #management
Venous Thrombosis vs Arterial Thrombosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

VENOUS THROMBOSIS

 • Acquired Risk Factors:
	- >48 hours
Aorta - Aortic dissection ... Atherosclerotic plaque • Dissection ... considered in all ... cases of arterial ... coagulation and other causes