OnlineMedEd: Intern Content - "Chest Pain"

Question 1

Review the causes of chest pain using the arrow method.

Answer 1

• Skin: lacerations, burns, herpes zoster
• Subcutaneous tissue: cellulitis, abscess
• MSK: sprains, strains, costochondritis, rib fracture
• Pleura: pulmonary embolism, PNA, PTX, pleurisy, tumor (pulmonary or pleural)
• Lung: no pain receptors
• Pericardium: pericarditis
• Heart: ACS, Prinzmetal angina, myositis
• Esophagus: esophagitis, tear
• Trachea: tracheitis, tear
• Aorta: dissection, aneurysm