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Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
• Aortic Dissection ... • Myocarditis Pulmonary ... Vascular • Pulmonary ... present) • Pulmonary ... • Muscular Injury
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
to neurologic injury ... lung diseases, pulmonary ... Mismatching in either direction ... asthma, COPD, pulmonary ... shunting (eg, pulmonary
Life Threatening Causes of Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Table

 • ACS
 • Aortic Dissection
 •
Life Threatening Causes ... ACS • Aortic Dissection ... • Pulmonary Embolism
Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
Causes of Pericardial ... , Direct Injury, ... Postcardiac Injury ... Syndrome, Dissection ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
 •
life-threatening causes ... infarction • Aortic dissection ... Pneumothorax • Pulmonary ... EKG • Bedside ultrasound
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Pleural Thickening/Masses ... • Abdominal Distention ... Pulmonary Alveoli ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Cardiovascular Causes ... Vascular: - Aortic dissection ... - Tamponade Pulmonary ... Causes of Chest ... Pneumothorax Other Causes
Non-lschemic Causes of Cardiogenic Shock:

Beta-Blockers, Calcium Channel Blockers, Digoxin 

Myocarditis 

Cardiomyopathies (sarcoidosis, amyloidosis, Takatsubo, 
hemochromatosis) 

Valvular
Non-lschemic Causes ... Tamponade, pulmonary ... HTN, aortic dissection ... #Nonlschemic #Causes
Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
Vascular: Aortic dissection ... anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary ... duplicated SVC) • Pulmonary ... Nodule / mass • Masses ... Differential #Diagnosis #pulmonary
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Causes of Severe ... : Acute Aortic Dissection ... , Traumatic Injury ... Aneurysms and Dissection ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes