Chest Pain Flashcards
1
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10 possible catgories of chest pain etiologies
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think anatomically: skin breast MSK esophageal GI pulmonary cardiac vascular mediastinal psychiatric
2
Q
skin DDx
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herpes zoster
3
Q
breast DDx
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fibroadenoma, mastitis, gynecomastia
4
Q
MSK DDx
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costochondritis percordial catch syndrome pec strain rib fracture cervical/thoracic spondy myositis
5
Q
esophageal DDx
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spasm
rupture
esophagitis (refllux or med related)
neoplasm
6
Q
GI DDx
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PUD
biliary disease
liver abscess
pancreatitis
7
Q
pulm DDx
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pleural- effusion, PNA, neoplasm, viral infection, PTX
lung- neoplasm, PNA
vasculature- PE, pulm HTN
8
Q
cardiac DDx
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pericarditis
myocarditis
Myocardial ischemia/ ACS (stable angina, MI, unstable angina)
9
Q
vascular DDx
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dissection
thoracic aortic aneurysm
10
Q
mediastinal DDx
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lymphoma
thymoma