Archive:Chest pain

ID

• name, AGE

HPI

SOAP Subjective

• O = onset
  • Sudden or gradual onset?
• P = precipitating
  • What were you doing when pain came on?
  • palliation
    • NO, antacids, rest, positional
  • provocative
    • exercise, food, emotion, deep breaths
• Q = quality
  • sharp, dull, heavy, squeezing, tearing
• R = radiation
  • Point to where pain is and goes. (neck, jaw)
• S = symptoms, severity
  • sweating, SOB, palpitations, cough, syncope/presyncope, anxiety, sour-taste, nausea
• T = timing
  • Describe the course of the pain. (worsening, intermittent, better)
  • Timing of day.
• V = déjà vu
  • Have you felt similar symptoms before?

PMHx

• Previous similar episodes? (past therapy, investigations)

• Hx: MI, documented CAD, angioplasty, CABG
• Important historical risk factors
  • Smoking
  • Hypertension
  • Diabetes mellitus
  • hypercholesterolemia
  • positive family history

ROS

• syncope, exercise intolerance, PND/orthopnea, angina, CVA

Impression

• Is the chest pain typical or atypical for angina?
  • look at the ECG, cardiac enzymes, CXR

Differential Diagnosis

• CV: stable or unstable angina (< 10 min, worsened by cold air, stress)
• IHD (> 30 min, unrelieved)
• aortic dissection
• pericarditis (hrs to days, relieved by sitting up and leaning forward)

• RESP: pneumothorax, PE, pleuritis
• GI: GERD, PUD, esophageal spasm
• MSK: costochondritis, rib fracture
• MISC: panic attack, herpes zoster

Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) Classification

1. Angina only with strenuous, rapid or prolonged activity
2. Angina only slightly limiting ordinary activity, such as walking up-hill, climbing stairs rapidly, or climbing more than 2 blocks on the level, at a normal pace.
3. Angina with level walking at normal pace for less than 1-2 blocks, or less than 1 flight of stairs
4. Inability to carry on any physical activity without developing angina

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