Chapter 17-Table 17-2

Question 1

Onset of pain AMI

Onset of pain Dissecting ANneurysm

Answer 1

Gradual, with additional symptoms

Abrupt, without additional symptoms

Question 3

Quality of pain AMI

Quality of pain, dissecting aneurysm

Answer 3

AMI tightness or pressure

Dissecting, aneurysm, sharp or tearing

Question 4

severity of pain, AMI

Severity of pain, dissecting aneurysm

Answer 4

AMI increases with time
Dissecting aneurysm maximal from onset

Question 5

timing of pain AMI
Timing of pain, dissecting aneurysm

Answer 5

AMI may wax and wane
Dissecting aneurysm does not obate once it has started

Question 7

region or radiation of an AMI

Region radiation of a dissecting aneurysm

Answer 7

AMI your substernal back is rarely involved

Dissecting aneurysm is between the shoulder blades back possibly involved

Question 8

clinical signs of AMI

Clinical signs of dissecting aneurysm

Answer 8

AMI peripheral pulses are equal

dissecting aneurysm there’s a blood pressure discrepancy between arms or decrease in carotid or femoral pulse