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Recurrent Low Risk Chest Pain: GRACE Guidelines
When providers are early in their training, this tends to lead to questions of “how long is a negative stress test good for?” “What about a negative cath? - Is that good for 2 years, 4, years, 6?” “What about a negative CCTA?”
In the first (of many to come) GRACE guidelines (Guidelines for Reasonable and Appropriate Care in the Emergency Department), SAEM sought to tackle many of these questions as they looked at Recurrent, Low-risk Chest Pain in the Emergency Department.
Grand Rounds Recap 10.28.20
Check out this week’s Grand Rounds Recap! Dive into colitis on CT via M&M with Dr. Koehler. Understand and treat cardiogenic shock with Drs. Kimmel and Broadstock. Share some laughs and learn about eyes with Visiting Professor Dr. Glaucomflecken. Disposition abnormal cardiac rhythms as seen in the community with Dr. LaFollette
A Fix for a Stinging Heart - Pericarditis Treatment in the ED
Pericarditis is inflammation of the pericardial sac. Classically, pericarditis presents with sharp and pleuritic chest pain which is relieved by sitting up and forward. Pericarditis has multiple etiologies, but is most commonly idiopathic, assumed to be viral, in developed countries (1). Treatment of pericarditis should be targeted to the underlying etiology if possible (1). For presumed viral, idiopathic causes, most patients are treated with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and colchicine (1).