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Life Threatening Causes of Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Table

 • ACS
 • Aortic Dissection
 •
Threatening Causes of Chest ... ACS • Aortic Dissection ... • Pulmonary Embolism ... • Pneumothorax ... #ChestPain #Chest
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
 •
Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... infarction • Aortic dissection ... • Pneumothorax ... • Pulmonary embolism ... EKG • Bedside ultrasound
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Chest Pain - Differential ... Vascular: - Aortic dissection ... - Tamponade Pulmonary ... Causes of Chest ... - Effusion - Pneumothorax
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Chest Pain - Differential ... • Aortic Dissection ... Embolism (chest ... Hypertension - Chest ... Pleura • Pneumothorax
Left lung anterior mid. Irregular pleural. No lung sliding. Intermittently see lung pulse come into view.
Consistent with PTX ... RJonesSonoEM #pneumothorax ... #lung #pulse #pthx ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound ... #pulmonary
Lung Point in Pneumothorax

Lung ultrasound of a patient with SOB and chest pain after central line
Lung Point in Pneumothorax ... Lung ultrasound ... patient with SOB and chest ... #Lung #Point #pneumothorax ... POCUS #Clinical #Pulmonary
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
precipitate re-expansion pulmonary ... 14-22 Fr stable pneumothorax ... -28 Fr tension pneumothorax ... Ideal direction ... Diagnosis #Assessment #Pulmonary
Shock Types - Classification
State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
Shock Types - Classification ... valvular rupture, dissection ... failure from massive pulmonary ... embolism or severe pulmonary ... filling) → tension pneumothorax
Double Lung Point seen in a Small Pneumothorax on Lung POCUS

Young male with stab wound to
seen in a Small Pneumothorax ... stab wound to chest ... point seen = small PTX ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound ... #Pulmonary
Shock Classification
Shock Definition: State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
Shock Classification ... valvular rupture, dissection ... Cold and Dry) • Pulmonary ... filling) → tension pneumothorax ... water #Shock #Classification