Chest pain Flashcards
(29 cards)
describe location & radiation of chest pain in stable angina
- central
- arm/jaw
is the pain in stable angina related to food
no
what can bring on and relieve the pain in stable angina
- exercise –> pain
- rest –> relief
no relief upon using GTN spray and pain lasting ___ indicates stable angina
> 20min
describe location of pain due to GORD
retrosternal burning sensation
patient fist against sternum
exacerbating factors in GORD
- lying flat
- after eating large meals
- bending forward
- straining
relieving factors in GORD
- swallowing saliva, water
- antacids
associations of GORD
- regurgitation
- sour taste
describe location & character of musculoskeletal pain
- localised, superficial pleuritic
signs of pneumonia
- cough
- purulent sputum
- general malaise
- fever
character of chest pain in pneumonia
- pleuritic
symptoms associated with pneumonia
- haemoptysis
- wheezing
- SOB
description & radiation of ACS pain
- sudden severe
- crushing
- arm/jaw
associated symptoms with ACS
- breathlessness
- nausea
- vomiting
- sweating
description of pain onset & severity & location in aortic dissection
- sudden
- severe tearing
- between shoulder blades
history info that makes you suspect dissection
- recent trauma
- hptn
- Ehler-Danlos/Marfan syndrome
what causes the 2ry symptoms of aortic dissection
interruption of blood supply
onset & character of PE/tension pneumothorax pain
- sudden
- pleuritic
PE pain associated symptoms
- SOB
- fever
- haemoptysis
PE history pieces (think DVT)
swollen, hot, tender leg unilaterally
tension pneumo associated symptom
SOB
tension pneumothorax history pieces
- lung disease
- marfan syndrome
- chest trauma
chest pain description & location in pericarditis
- pleuritic
- retrosternal
what is the pain in pericarditis aggravated by
coughing
