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Ep 166 Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade

Emergency Medicine Cases

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Pericarditus should be considered a diagnosis of exclusion because it can be easily confused with more deadly and time sensitive diagnoses like m i. Before prematurely closing in on the diagnosis, we first need to rule out the five big killers, so m ip e, dissection, asophogil rupture and tension,. numo thorax doctor himmel explains what are some key clinical clues to help us differentiate pericarditus from these other, generally more deadly causes of chest pain. The history is everything - how long have you had your symptoms? And rather than what's the nature of it, which you should ask about much better, question is, what makes it better and what makes it

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