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Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... and Workup Algorithm ... life-threatening causes ... ultrasound • CXR ... #Algorithm #workup
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
Chest Pain / ACS ... to identifying ACS ... (+LR 2.6) - Cardiac ... #ChestPain #ACS ... #Evaluation #diagnosis
Adult ACLS - Cardiac Arrest Algorithm - AHA 2020
CPR Quality:
 • Push hard (at least 2
Adult ACLS - Cardiac ... - AHA 2020 CPR ... decreasing, reassess CPR ... intra-arterial Reversible Causes ... (coronary) #ACLS
Approach to the Hypercoagulable State
Arterial thromboembolism
→ Cardiac rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram, Vascular imaging
→ Test for APS, particularly
thromboembolism → Cardiac ... - No other workup ... CBC, aPTT, +/- CXR ... #hematology #diagnosis ... #algorithm #hematology
Adult Cardiac Arrest - ACLS Circular Algorithm - AHA 2020
CPR Quality:
 • Push hard (at least
- ACLS Circular ... 2020 CPR Quality ... decreasing, reassess CPR ... intra-arterial Reversible Causes ... #circular #ACLS
Leukostasis vs Tumor Lysis Syndrome
Leukostasis:
 • Pathophysiology: Large, immature blasts and high WBC count cause hyperviscosity
high WBC count cause ... , dyspnea, +/- CXR ... have fever - ACS ... acid, Elevated Cr ... Syndrome #TLS #diagnosis
Good vs Bad CPR on POCUS TEE during Cardiac Arrest
POCUS TEE can be utilized intra-arrest to
Good vs Bad CPR ... POCUS TEE during Cardiac ... intra-arrest to augment CPR ... KPSono @KpSono #CPR ... #acls #arrest #
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... Organizing Pneumonia - Clinical ... - Imaging: • CXR ... other processes Workup ... strep, HIV • CTD workup
Pericardial Effusion seen during CPR on POCUS Echocardiogram

This patient was given an anesthetic and became unresponsive
Effusion seen during CPR ... arrest with ongoing CPR ... Pericardial #Effusion #CPR ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #ultrasound #ACLS
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
Cardiac Tamponade ... help and inform clinical ... indicated, start CPR ... • Diagnostic ... #Management #Workup