Chief Complaint: Chest Pain
Note: Even in the stable patient, immediate life threatening conditioons must be diagnosed
Pivotal Assessments (One after the other) | Finding | |||||
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EKG
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ST Segment Elevation | Non ST Segment Elevation | Indeterminate | Normal | ||
Chest X-Ray | Pneumonia | Pneumothorax | Aortic Dissection | Normal | ||
Portable Chest X-Ray | Pneumothorax | Pneumonia | Pleural Effusion | Aortic Dissection | ||
Echocardiogram | ||||||
D-Dimer* | Elevated, Greater than .05 | < .05 |
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Pivotal Assessments (one after the other) | Finding | ||||||
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EKG
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ST Segment Elevation | Non ST Segment Elevation | Indeterminate | Left bundle branch block | Presence of Q waves | T-wave inversion | Normal |