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January 01, 2004 - Spotlight Case [MONTH] 2003
Spotlight Case January 2004
Crushing Chest Pain:
A Missed Opportunity … Pain
A 62-year-old female presented with 12 hours of crushing chest pain. … Case (cont.): Crushing Chest Pain
The patient was admitted to the cardiac care unit. … Chest Pain in the Emergency Dept. … Chest. 1998;114:793-5. Elstein AS.
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April 01, 2015 - On presentation, she had no abdominal pain, chest pain, shortness of breath, or focal weakness in her … Chest radiograph revealed some right hilar fullness but was otherwise negative, and electrocardiogram … pain (90%)
Sudden, severe, sharp, stabbing, or tearing chest pain (40%−50%)
Pain radiating to the … back (47%−64%)
Chest pain with a widened mediastinum on chest radiograph (60%)
Pulse deficits or differences … Chest radiography for the diagnosis of acute aortic syndrome.
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April 19, 2017 - Prognosis of undiagnosed chest pain: linked electronic
health record cohort study. … Prognosis of undiagnosed chest pain: linked electronic health record
cohort study. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prognosis-undiagnosed-chest-pain-linked-electronic-health-record-cohort-study … A common
undiagnosed symptom in outpatient medicine is chest pain. … This retrospective cohort study compared
outcomes for three groups of patients with chest pain: those
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February 06, 2012 - A repeat chest X-ray showed a small lucency at the apex, which they interpreted as improved aeration … On hospital day two, the initial chest x-ray was read out by the radiologists as left lung collapse ( … Chest. 1999;116:134-8.[ go to PubMed ] 5. Tenore JL, Sharp LK, Lipsky MS. … Chest. 1976;70:33-7.[ go to PubMed ] 14. Rozycki GS, Pennington SD, Feliciano DV. … Ultrasound image directed from the right lower chest wall toward the lung.
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January 01, 2004 - Crushing Chest Pain: A Missed Opportunity
January 1, 2004
Graber ML. … Crushing Chest Pain: A Missed Opportunity. PSNet [internet]. 2004. … In addition, the misread chest x-ray reflects a widespread "systems" flaw, where ED
staff read chest … pain) and attention to the chest x-ray. … Chest X-ray with Calcium Sign (arrow).
Figure 2.
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May 01, 2019 - 63-year-old woman with labile hypertension presented to the emergency department (ED) with new onset chest … On questioning the patient, she did report intermittent chest pressure overnight that was less severe … Early identification of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) as a cause for chest pain is critical because … Resolution of chest discomfort likely resulted from appropriate control of elevated blood pressure and … Had the patient told her nurse about the recurrence of chest discomfort, the nurse almost certainly would
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April 01, 2015 - Appreciate that a normal chest radiograph should not be used to rule in or out acute aortic
dissection … Up to
6.4%–12% of AAD in the thorax may be painless and present only with complications involving other … pain, pulse or blood pressure
differential, or a widened mediastinum on chest radiograph. … Absence of mediastinal widening on chest radiograph does not rule out aortic dissection. … Chest radiography for the diagnosis of acute aortic
syndrome. Am J Med. 2004;116:73-77.
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June 01, 2005 - 32-year-old man presented to the emergency department (ED) with 3 days of fever and right pleuritic chest … Discharge diagnoses were "fever, pleural effusion, and chest wall pain." … Additionally, 66% of patients have dyspnea, and 50% have pleuritic chest pain. … Chest. 1992;101:458-463. [go to PubMed] 7. Hagaman JT, Rouan GW, Shipley RT, Panos RJ. … Admission chest radiograph lacks sensitivity in the diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia.
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April 05, 2023 - Chest. 2006;130(5):1571-8. … Chest . 2006; 130 (5) :1571-8 .
View more articles from the same authors. … immediate past presidents of the American Association of Critical Care Nursing and the American College of Chest … Chest. 2006;130(5):1571-8.
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November 22, 2017 - Pediatric chest radiographs: common and less common
errors. … Pediatric Chest Radiographs: Common and Less Common Errors. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pediatric-chest-radiographs-common-and-less-common-errors
This commentary … reviews nine cases involving interpretation errors associated with chest radiographs of
children to … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pediatric-chest-radiographs-common-and-less-common-errors
https://psnet.ahrq.gov
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January 29, 2020 - Classic
End-to-end lung cancer screening with three-dimensional deep learning on low-dose chest … End-to-end lung cancer screening with three-dimensional deep learning on low-dose chest computed tomography … End-to-end lung cancer screening with three-dimensional deep learning on low-dose chest computed tomography … View More
Related Resources
Reducing errors resulting from commonly missed chest
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August 25, 2021 - At this time, another chest CT was obtained, and a
pulmonology consultation was requested. … After this second episode of spontaneous pneumothorax, she was
discharged to her home after the chest … She was taken to a different ED this time, where she had another
chest CT. … Chest Joint Congress. DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2017.04.142.
4. … Chest. 2001 Feb;119(2):590-602. doi:
10.1378/chest.119.2.590. PMID: 11171742.
5.
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December 01, 2012 - real-heartache
The Case
A 60-year-old man presented to the emergency department (ED) with 2 hours of burning chest … A chest radiograph
and routine blood work, including a troponin assay, were also normal. … The reduction of chest discomfort by sublingual nitroglycerin as a predictor of ischemic chest
pain … Clinical predictors of acute coronary syndromes
in patients with undifferentiated chest pain. … Coronary CT angiography
versus standard evaluation in acute chest pain.
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November 13, 2024 - Chest. 2009;136(5):1389-1396. doi:10.1378/chest.08-1952. … Chest . 2009; 136 (5) :1389-1396 .
View more articles from the same authors. … Chest. 2009;136(5):1389-1396. doi:10.1378/chest.08-1952.
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September 23, 2020 - Chest. 2008;133(5):1217-20. doi:10.1378/chest.08-0471. … Chest . 2008; 133 (5) :1217-20 .
View more articles from the same authors. … Chest. 2008;133(5):1217-20. doi:10.1378/chest.08-0471.
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December 01, 2012 - Chest. 1987;91:128-133. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3792065
Swensen SJ, Morin RL, Schueler BA … *
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Management After Chest CT
After chest CT has been performed, there are four possible alternatives … American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines (3rd edition). … Chest. In press. … In total, he had more than 20 CT scans of the chest.
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October 19, 2022 - Chest. 2014;145(3):632-8. doi:10.1378/chest.13-0886. … Chest . 2014; 145 (3) :632-8 .
View more articles from the same authors. … Chest. 2014;145(3):632-8. doi:10.1378/chest.13-0886.
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November 30, 2022 - Chest. 2010;138(5):1224-33. doi:10.1378/chest.10-0466. … Chest . 2010; 138 (5) :1224-33 .
View more articles from the same authors. … Chest. 2010;138(5):1224-33. doi:10.1378/chest.10-0466.
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January 26, 2022 - Thorax. 2015;70(8):802-804. [Free full text]
11. Davies HE, Merchant S, McGown A. … A study of the complications of small bore 'Seldinger' intercostal
chest drains. … Thorax. 2010;65
Suppl 2:ii61-ii76. [Free full text]
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14. Helm EJ, Rahman NM, Talakoub O, et al. … Chest. 2013;143(3):634-639. [Available at]
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April 01, 2008 - Thorax . 2015;70(8):802-804. [ Free full text ]
Davies HE, Merchant S, McGown A. … A study of the complications of small bore 'Seldinger' intercostal chest drains. … Thorax . 2010;65 Suppl 2:ii61-ii76. [ Free full text ]
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Mossman D.