Author: Eduard Deda / Editor: Nick Tilbury / Codes: NeuP2, ResP1, SLO1 / Published: 24/02/2022
A 57-year-old gentleman self-presents to the Emergency Department (ED) with a 1-hour history of a posterior headache and chest pain.
The headache started suddenly while he was sitting down at his desk, and he says it came on like a “slap to the back of the head”. He rates it as 5/10 in severity.
He also tells you he developed central chest pain around the same time as the headache and describes it as a tightness across his chest. It is non-radiating, there are no exacerbating factors and there is no relief from simple analgesia.
The patient has known hypercholesterolaemia and hypertension, for which he takes medication, but nil else of note. He has no allergies.
His observations are as follows:
- Blood pressure – 147/89mmHg
- Heart rate – 87
- SpO2 – 98% on room air
- Apyrexial
Full neurological and cardiovascular examination is unremarkable, apart from a difference in timing of the pulses of the left and right posterior tibialis.
Module Content
Acute Aortic Dissection
This session covers the diagnosis and initial management of a patient with acute aortic dissection.
Aortas
As I write this, it’s aortic dissection awareness day. Not another blog on AAD I hear you cry…But we thought you might all like an update and a consolidation on what is happening in the world of this black swan diagnosis.
Chest Pain Syndromes
Chest pain is caused by a spectrum of pathology ranging from the innocent to the extremely serious.
6 Comments
Interested case
GOOD ONE
Useful
could not see a picture of the ECG but good learning all the same
useful
Useful module. I wonder what became of the patient