CHEST PAIN Chest Pain Overview If you are having severe pain‚ crushing‚ squeezing‚ or pressure in your chest that lasts more than a few minutes‚ or if the pain moves into your neck‚ left shoulder‚ arm‚ or jaw‚ go immediately to a hospital emergency department. Chest pain is one of the most frightening symptoms a person can have. It is sometimes difficult even for a doctor or other medical professional to tell what is causing chest pain and whether it is life-threatening. * Any part of the
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attention when they experience chest pain. Many patients assume the chest pain is from indigestion or acid peptic symptoms. These patients waste time with antacids. Chest pain may be accompanied with vomiting‚ sweating and breathlessness. It is known that 15-20% of heart attacks can be painless especially in diabetics and elderly. Severe chest pain can be caused by several other issues and it needs to be ruled out to receive proper treatment. Five known causes for chest pain are pericarditis‚ aortic
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Most likely diagnosis considering the clinical picture Localised chest pain over the sternum is a common symptom and can be an indicator of a large assembly of conditions. Commonly seen in cardiac diseases including angina pectoris‚ myocardial infarction and pericarditis (Patient.info‚ 2017). As well as in disorders of the gastroesophageal‚ psychiatric and pulmonary diseases; pneumothorax‚ gastro-oesophageal reflux disease‚ pleurisy‚ panic attack and pulmonary embolism (Kaski‚ 2016; Eslick‚ Jones
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Chest pain or pressure that patients feel is commonly called angina. This usually occurs as a symptom of a problem with the heart and its blood supply. There are two types of angina called stable and unstable. Stable angina is where a person is feeling pain‚ chest pressure‚ or radiant pain in left arm and back with exertion. The more serious type is unstable angina‚ which means having those symptoms even at rest. There is a system of arteries that supply oxygen rich blood to the myocardium‚ or heart
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database is kept on thousands of families in the Austin area who have volunteered to be available for scholarly research. In 2006 Birgitte Vittrup recruited from the database about a hundred families‚ all of whom were Caucasian with a child 5 to 7 years old. The goal of Vittrup’s study was to learn if typical children’s videos with multicultural storylines have any beneficial effect on children’s racial attitudes. Her first step was to give the children a Racial Attitude Measure‚ which asked such
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Nursing Care Plan for Chest Pain NURSING DIAGNOSIS OUTCOME/GOALS INTERVENTIONS EVALUATION Acute chest pain related to ischemic cardiomyopathy as evidenced by tightness in chest. Patient will be chest pain free for duration of shift. Assess for chest pain q 4 hours during shift. Monitor vital signs q 4 hours during shift. Educate patient on importance of lifestyle modifications such as weight loss. Goal was met. Pt was chest pain free during shift. NURSING DIAGNOSIS
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Jacob presents as a 7 year-old boy‚ diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome (AS) and Sensory Integration Disorder. He has a very high IQ‚ enjoys music‚ art and watching movies and/or TV shows which he would imitate precisely from beginning to end. His mother is concerned because the school psychologist seems to be at wits end trying to provide behavioral intervention strategies to use with Jacob. She has sought my help in aiding the school psychologist as well as meeting with Jacob for outpatient therapy
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CHAPTER 5 Content of the Patient Record: Inpatient‚ Outpatient‚ and Physician Office Chapter Outline Key Terms Objectives Introduction General Documentation Issues Hospital Inpatient Record—Administrative Data Hospital Inpatient Record—Clinical Data Hospital Outpatient Record Physician Office Record Forms Control and Design Internet Links Summary Study Checklist Chapter Review Key Terms addressograph machine admission note admission/discharge record admitting diagnosis advance directive
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THE CHEST EXAMINATION Physical examination of the chest The chest indicates the region that lies under the neck and above the abdomen. Chest wall is composed of sternum‚ ribs‚ and vertebras. The anterior part is a little shorter than the posterior part. Chest examination includes many components: chest shape‚ chest wall‚ breasts‚ vessels‚ mediastinum‚ bronchus‚ lung‚ pleura‚ heart‚ and lymph nodes‚ etc. In addition to general physical examination‚ the following check methods have been
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Case Study-Harry Tonka (Chest Pain) Case Scenario Harry Tonka entered the emergency department with midsternal chest pain‚ which started while he was playing basketball at the gym. Harry Tonka is 42 years old and 5’10” tall‚ and weighs 205 pounds. He smokes one pack of cigarettes per day and works in a office. On admission‚ he complains of nausea but no vomiting and no diaphoresis. His blood pressure is 175/92 mm Hg; his temperature is 99ºF‚ pulse is 127 beats per minute‚ and respiration rate is
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