Common Medical Presentations Flashcards
ACS presentation?
Central crushing chest pain
Radiates to Neck/left arm
Assoc. Nausea, SOB, Sweating
CVD risk factors
Brought on at rest
Unstable angina: crescendo angina
Angina presentation?
Cardiac-type chest pain
Present of exertion
Relieved on rest
Aortic dissection presentation?
Tearing chest pain
Very sudden onset
Radiates to back
Pain may be in other sites such as arms, legs, back and head
Pericarditis presentation?
Retrosternal/pleuritic chest pain
Relieved by sitting forward
May radiate to shoulder
Cardiac chest pain differentials?
ACS
Angina
Aortic dissection
Pericarditis
Pulmonary embolism presentation?
Pleuritic chest pain
SOB +/- haemoptysis
R/Fs inc. Long haul flight, recent surgery, immobilisation, malignancy
Signs include: Raised RR, low sats, tachycardia and tachypnoea.
Pneumothorax presentation?
Sudden onset chest pain
SOB if large enough
R/Fs tall/thin, marfans, COPD/Asthma
Respiratory chest pain presentations?
Pulmonary embolism
Pneumothorax
GORD presentation?
Retrosternal burning chest pain
Related to meals, lying and straining
Water brash
Anxiety/Panic attack presentation?
Tight chest pain, SOB, sweating, dizziness, palpitations, feeling of impending doom.
Anxious personality/GAD/PD
Chest pain Hx SR?
SOCRATES
General
- Fevers
- Weight loss
- Lethargy
- Eating & Sleeping
- Waterworks & Bowel
Cardiorespiratory
- Palpitations
- SOB/wheeze
- Cough +/- production
- Haemoptysis
- Leg swelling
MSK chest pain presentation?
Sharp chest pain
Exacerbated by movement and inspiration
Can point to where it is worse
Exacerbated by pressure over that area
Breathlessness Hx inc. SR?
OPERATE
Onset (sudden or gradual)
Progression
Exacerbating
Relieving factors
Associated symptoms
Timing (intermittent or continuous
Ever happened before?
Breathlessness
- Normal vs current exercise tolerance
- Orthopnoea
- Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnoea
- Diurnal/season variation
General SR
- Fevers
- Night sweats
- Weight loss
- Lethargy
- E&D?
Cardiorespiratory SR
- Chest pain
- Palpitations
- Cough +/- production (inc. haemoptysis)
- Leg swelling
Chest pain Ddx?
MI
Angina
Aortic Dissection
Pericarditis
Pulmonary embolism
Pneumothorax
GORD
Anxiety/Panic
MSK
Breathlessness Ddx?
MI
HF
Pneumonia
Asthma
COPD
Pneumothorax
Pulmonary Embolism
Pulmonary Fibrosis
HF presentation?
SOB
Orthopnoea
Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnoea
Pink frothy sputum
Peripheral oedema
Cardiac Hx
Pneumonia presentation?
Acute SOB, cough and sputum
Systemic symptoms e.g. fever
Asthma presentation?
Intermittent wheeze
Diurnal presentation
Nocturnal cough
Exacerbating factors: pets, exercise
COPD presentation?
Chronic SOB
Sig. smoking Hx
Chronic sputum production
Pulmonary fibrosis presentation?
Progressive SOB over long period on exertion (exertional dyspnoea)
Dry cough
Abdo pain Hx?
SOCRATES
General SR
- Fever
- Weight loss
- Night sweats
- Lethargy
- E&D
GI
- Dysphagia
- N&V
- Dyspepsia
- Odynophagia
- Bowel habit
- Blood/mucus
- Waterworks
Gynaecological/Menstrual
Appendicitis presentation?
Younger
Periumbilical pain, moves to RIF
Anorexia
Pain on movement, staying very still