AHN 568 DDx 2024-2025 EXAM LATEST
UPDATED
PROLONGED CHEST PAIN, ANSWER ISCHEMIA
The most common cause of chest pain is hiatal hernia or GERD.
Heartburn, Regurgitation,
ANTACIDS RELIVED.
WORSEN IN RECUMBENT POSITION - ANSWER: HH/GERD
DYSPNEA, TACHYPNEA, TACHY, AND HYPOXEMIA - ANSWER
PULMONARY EMBOLISM
VIRCHOWS TRIAD: ANSWER
Intermittent, recurring chest pain.
OFTEN OCCURS AT REST: ANSWER PRINZMETALS ANGINA
(CORONARY ARTERY SPASM).
Severe, sharp, tearing, chest pain,
RADIATES TO BACK, CHANGE IN PULSES - ANSWER: AORTIC
DISSECTION
SHARP, POSITIONAL, AND PLEURITIC.
, RELIEVED BY LEANING FORWARD
RECENT VIRAL INFECTION, ANSWER PERICARDITIS
VAGUE AND MILD CHEST PAIN. WITH ELEVATED TOTAL CK AND
MB, ANSWER MYOCARDITIS.
CHEST PAIN INCREASED BY INSPIRATION, FRICTION RUB THAT
STOPS WHEN PATIENT HOLDS BREATH—
OFTEN DUE TO PROLONGED COUGH
HYPER-RESONANCE ON PERCUSSION: ANSWER PLEURITIS
Abrupt onset of sharp pleuritic chest pain and dyspnea.
ABSENT BREATH SOUNDS
TRACHEAL DEVIATION / DOE: ANSWER PNEUMOTHORAX
COMMON CHEST PAIN. STABBING.
LOCALIZED
CAN BE REPRODUCED BY MOTION OR PALPATION - ANSWER
COSTOCHONDRAL PAIN
RUQ ABD PAIN, COLICKY.
POSSIBLY RELATED TO FOOD INTAKE (ANSWER GB dz)
UPDATED
PROLONGED CHEST PAIN, ANSWER ISCHEMIA
The most common cause of chest pain is hiatal hernia or GERD.
Heartburn, Regurgitation,
ANTACIDS RELIVED.
WORSEN IN RECUMBENT POSITION - ANSWER: HH/GERD
DYSPNEA, TACHYPNEA, TACHY, AND HYPOXEMIA - ANSWER
PULMONARY EMBOLISM
VIRCHOWS TRIAD: ANSWER
Intermittent, recurring chest pain.
OFTEN OCCURS AT REST: ANSWER PRINZMETALS ANGINA
(CORONARY ARTERY SPASM).
Severe, sharp, tearing, chest pain,
RADIATES TO BACK, CHANGE IN PULSES - ANSWER: AORTIC
DISSECTION
SHARP, POSITIONAL, AND PLEURITIC.
, RELIEVED BY LEANING FORWARD
RECENT VIRAL INFECTION, ANSWER PERICARDITIS
VAGUE AND MILD CHEST PAIN. WITH ELEVATED TOTAL CK AND
MB, ANSWER MYOCARDITIS.
CHEST PAIN INCREASED BY INSPIRATION, FRICTION RUB THAT
STOPS WHEN PATIENT HOLDS BREATH—
OFTEN DUE TO PROLONGED COUGH
HYPER-RESONANCE ON PERCUSSION: ANSWER PLEURITIS
Abrupt onset of sharp pleuritic chest pain and dyspnea.
ABSENT BREATH SOUNDS
TRACHEAL DEVIATION / DOE: ANSWER PNEUMOTHORAX
COMMON CHEST PAIN. STABBING.
LOCALIZED
CAN BE REPRODUCED BY MOTION OR PALPATION - ANSWER
COSTOCHONDRAL PAIN
RUQ ABD PAIN, COLICKY.
POSSIBLY RELATED TO FOOD INTAKE (ANSWER GB dz)
