Thursday, September 26, 2013

EMERGENCIES ALL SHOULD KNOW:ANGINA PECTORIS(CHEST PAIN)

ANGINA PECTORIS
The term is derived from Latin; the literal meaning is "the choking of the chest;" angere, meaning "to choke" and pectus,meaning "chest."commonly called chest pain or heart attack.Angina pectoris has a wide range of clinical expressions. 
The symptoms most often associated to angina pectoris are substernal chest pressure or tightening, frequently with radiating pain to the arms, shoulders, or jaw. The symptoms may also be associated with shortness of breath, nausea, or diaphoresis. Symptoms stem from inadequate oxygen delivery to myocardial tissue. The association with Diabetes,smoking,obesity, hypertension makes the situation an emergency as it is most likely to be dangerous to heart and ones life in matter of minutes.ECG ( takes 1-2 min). can show the diagnosis in many cases. A knowledgeable patient who reports a change in the pattern or presentation of his or her symptoms should be suspected as having worsening or unstable angina.


In the setting of unstable angina or AMI, consultation with a cardiologist is warranted.He will open the closed vessel by angioplasty and stenting if needed.
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AORTIC DISSECTION
ARRHYTHMIAS
HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS
HYPOTENSION
BRONCHOSPASM
FOREIGN BODY(AIRWAY)
EPISTAXIS
HYPOGLYCEMIA
ACUTE PAIN ABDOMEN
HAEMETEMESIS
THROMBOSED,PAINFUL PILES
ACUTE TUBULAR NECROSIS
PARAPHIMOSIS
TESTICULAR TORSION
TRAUMA
RENAL COLIC
PRIAPISM
ACUTE URINE RETENSION
SEVERE PALLOR
ABSCESS
ANIMAL BITES
POISONING
BURNS
SEIZURES
PARALYTIC STROKE
ANY PREGNANCY RELATED EVENT
SUDDEN LOSS OR IMPAIRMENT OF VISION
SUDDEN HEAD ACHE AND VOMITING
HIGH GRADE FEVER
NON-RESPONSIVENESS
VIOLENT BEHAVIOUR
SUDDEN CALF PAIN
SEVERE BREATHLESSNESS

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