3 pdci chest pain Flashcards
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Treatment of costochondritis
NSAIDS
Stinging or burning pain
Herpes zoster
Treatment for esophageal spasms
Calcium channel blockers
Nitroglycerin
Monometry can be used to diagnose
Esophageal spasms
Esophageal spasms can be caused by
GERD
Depression
Anxiety
Most common cause of cholecystitis
Gall stones
Positive signs in cholecystitis
Pos Murphy sign
Fatty meals make ____ worse
Cholecystitis
Ripping pain
Aortic dissection
Aortic dissection on CXR
Widened mediastinum
Diff blood pressures on arms
Aortic dissection
Pericarditis most often caused by
Virus
EKG of pericarditis
Concave ST elevation
PR depression
Sudden onset of pain with point tenderness
Pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary embolism - how to diagnose
CAT scan
Ventilation perfusion scan
Sudden pleuritic pain that lasts for hours
Pneumothorax
Tympani on one side
Pneumothorax
Spontaneously in tall skinny males
Pneumothorax
MONA
Morphine
Oxygen
Nitroglycerine
Aspirin