Chest Pain Flashcards

1
Q

10 possible catgories of chest pain etiologies

A
think anatomically:
skin
breast
MSK
esophageal
GI
pulmonary
cardiac
vascular
mediastinal
psychiatric
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2
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skin DDx

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herpes zoster

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3
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breast DDx

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fibroadenoma, mastitis, gynecomastia

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4
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MSK DDx

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costochondritis
percordial catch syndrome
pec strain
rib fracture
cervical/thoracic spondy
myositis
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5
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esophageal DDx

A

spasm
rupture
esophagitis (refllux or med related)
neoplasm

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GI DDx

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PUD
biliary disease
liver abscess
pancreatitis

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pulm DDx

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pleural- effusion, PNA, neoplasm, viral infection, PTX

lung- neoplasm, PNA

vasculature- PE, pulm HTN

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8
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cardiac DDx

A

pericarditis
myocarditis
Myocardial ischemia/ ACS (stable angina, MI, unstable angina)

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9
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vascular DDx

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dissection

thoracic aortic aneurysm

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10
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mediastinal DDx

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lymphoma

thymoma

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