RT Book, Section
A1 Hoffmann, Beatrice
A2 Carmody, Kristin A.
A2 Moore, Christopher L.
A2 Feller-Kopman, David
SR Print(0)
ID 56302321
T1 Chapter 26. Approach to the Patient with Undifferentiated Chest Pain and Dyspnea
T2 Handbook of Critical Care and Emergency Ultrasound
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-160489-5
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56302321
RD 2024/04/20
AB Acute  chest  pain  and  dyspnea  are  common  complaints  amongst  emergency  department  (ED)  and  intensive  care  unit  (ICU)  patients.  These  complaints  account  for  several  million  annual  ED  visits  in  the  United  States.  The  list  of  potential  diagnoses  is  exhaustive  and  critically  ill  patients  can  appear  relatively  well,  potentially  misleading  the  clinician.  Common  etiologies  are  of  a  cardiac  and  pulmonary  nature,  but  also  the  gastrointestinal  and  musculoskeletal  systems  are  frequently  involved.