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Chest Pain When I Cough And Breathe Deeply What Do I Have - Articles
Heart Attack, Chest Pain and Heart Disease
by
Dave W

Posted
Fri 18 Dec 2009 3:29am
Diagnosing the type of pain and usual symptoms
Chest pain can be very worrying as the immediate natural concern is that it might be warning signs of an imminent heart... diagnosis of coronary artery disease at the outset and exclude non-cardiac chest pain, since there may be serious consequences with a missed diagnosis. Also it’s vital to understand
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Does chest pain mean I have a heart problem?
by
Dave W

Posted
Mon 18 Jan 2010 5:36am
Prof Lahiri’s article – Chest Pain – Cardiac or not? gets straight to the point. Are these chest pains as a result of something wrong with my heart, or worse still, do I have silent disease? There is really only one method to accurately diagnosed heart problems and that is by Dual Source Cardiac CT Scanning. Prof Lahiri explains the modern
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Chest pain relief? Anxiety related?
by
David M.

Posted
Mon 05 Jul 2010 7:45pm
when I breathe in, cough, or swallow. And also if anyone happens to think they know what it is then go ahead and tell me. But dont tell me its something serious unless you... pain that is in my chest and spreads up my throat. the other day it was hurting my shoulders as well. It hasnt been too bad, but I just made it a lot worse by going and running
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26 year old male CC: Chest pain
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Adam THOMPSON
Posted
Fri 14 May 2010 3:56am
Here's a great case submitted by a faithful reader who wishes to remain anonymous.
EMS is called to a 26 year old male complaining of chest pain.
On arrival patient is found sitting on his living room couch. He appears anxious and acutely ill.
He states that he was riding his bike when he became anxious, had a "coughing spell" and started
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26 year old male CC: Chest pain
by
JASON WINTER
Posted
Fri 14 May 2010 3:57am
Here's a great case submitted by a faithful reader who wishes to remain anonymous.
EMS is called to a 26 year old male complaining of chest pain.
On arrival patient is found sitting on his living room couch. He appears anxious and acutely ill.
He states that he was riding his bike when he became anxious, had a "coughing spell" and started
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Chest pain 2
by
Gertrude
Posted
Thu 22 Jan 2009 4:43pm
So get the guy in the back of the truck. His EKG looks good. Start him out on an albuterol Neb. By the time that one has finished his chest pressure has lessened, and his... albuterol neb his chest tightness has gone away and his wheezing is scattered. After a few hours of observation in the ER, the patient was discharged. Thankfully
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Chest pain = angiography = bypass surgery
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Dr. Aniruddha M.
Posted
Tue 18 Nov 2008 12:18am
become a routine that every patient with chest pain is sent to a cardiologist, who does an ECG and finds "suspicious changes"; advises a stress test, which confirms the suspicions... for a hospital's bottom line, how much this actually helps the patient with chest pain is anyone's guess ! The technology for treating blocks has become fancier and glitzier, with balloons
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76 year old female CC: Chest pain
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JASON WINTER
Posted
Tue 14 Sep 2010 9:39am
and "got a mouth full of water." She coughed profusely and then experienced some chest discomfort.
She denies having experienced any shortness of breath.
She denies any other...
EMS is called to the beach for a 76 year old female complaining of shortness of breath. Past medical history of emphysema.
On arrival, the patient is found sitting
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Final update for 74 year old male CC: Chest pain
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JASON WINTER
Posted
Fri 30 Apr 2010 7:56am
. No recent cough.
Cardiovascular: Current chest pain. Hypertension. Dyslipidemia.
GI: No recurrent vomiting. No dyspepsia.
Neurologic: Awake and conversant. Generally weak without... into the left arm at approximately 2:15 p.m. today. He had just finished eating a large lunch with his wife and a friend. They were walking when the pain started. The pain has been
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