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Typical Clinical Features of Major Causes of Acute Chest Discomfort

#ChestPain #Features #Signs #Symptoms #Comparison #Table #Characteristics
Major Causes of Acute ... Chest Discomfort ... ChestPain #Features #Signs ... #Symptoms #Comparison ... #Table #Characteristics
Acute Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms and Physical Examination. 

Source:  Does This
Acute Coronary Syndrome ... This Patient With Chest ... #EBM #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #ACS ... #Signs #LikelihoodRatios
COVID-19 Signs and Symptoms at the time of Presentation

Fever
Myalgia
Headache
Rinorrhea
Sore Throat
Dyspnea
Chest Tightness
Cough
Sputum
Hemoptysis
Nausea/Vomiting
Diarrhea

Dr. Josh Farkas @pulmcrit via Internet
COVID-19 Signs and ... Symptoms at the ... Throat Dyspnea Chest ... Book of Critical Care ... Presentation #SARSCoV2 #EBM
Features That Differentiate Acute Pericarditis from Myocardial Ischemia or Infarction and Pulmonary Embolism

In contrast to the
myocardial ischemia, chest ... chest pain may ... #Pericarditis #Symptoms ... #Signs #Presentation ... #comparison #Table
Acute Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms and Physical Examination. Source: Fanaroff AC, Rymer
Acute Coronary Syndrome ... Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms ... This Patient With Chest ... #EBM #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #ACS
Wellens' Sign: LAD-T Wave Inversion 
Life threatening T wave inversions in precordial leads. Often V2-V3 
Specific
Wellens' Sign: LAD-T ... week of becoming acute ... period without chest ... Serial EKGS in pts are ... Electrocardiogram #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Differentiating type-I vs. type-II MI

Sorting this out is difficult, often relying heavily on clinical judgement.

A key
develop transient chest ... If the same symptoms ... any stressor (chest ... Definition #NSTEMI #Comparison ... #Table
ISCHEMIA Trial - Management Algorithm for patients with Stable Angina

Stress Test -> ? +moderate or severe
reaching some who are ... symptom. ... This is not for acute ... Management #Algorithm #Cardiology ... #EBM #Trial
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
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Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison ... Immunosuppression (e.g., HIV), EBV ... underarms, or chest ... - B symptoms ... #NonHodgkins #comparison
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Typical symptoms ... Less Typical Symptoms ... Chest x-ray: signs ... (Sens. 81% for acute ... diagnosis #management #cardiology