OnlineMedEd: Intern Content - "Chest Pain" Flashcards
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Q
Review the causes of chest pain using the arrow method.
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- 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
