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❑ [[Complete blood count|CBC]] <br> | |||
❑ [[Troponin]] <BR> | |||
❑ [[Electrolytes]] - ↓Na<br> | |||
❑ [[calcium|serum calcium]]<br> | |||
❑ [[Magnesium|serum magnesium]]<br> | |||
❑ [[BUN]], [[creatinine]] - ↑<br> | |||
❑ [[Arterial blood gas]]<br> | |||
❑ Fasting [[blood sugar]]<br> | |||
❑ [[Liver function tests]] | |||
❑ BNP or NT-pro BNP (if diagnosis is uncertain) | |||
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'''Other additional laboratory tests:'''<br> | |||
❑ [[Thyroid-stimulating hormone|TSH]] <br> | |||
❑ [[Urinalysis]] <br> | |||
❑ [[Antinuclear antibodies|ANA]], [[rheumatoid factor]]<br> | |||
❑ Diagnostic tests for [[hemochromatosis]], [[pheochromocytoma]]<br> | |||
❑ [[Cardiac radionuclide imaging|Radionuclide ventriculography]] or [[MRI]]<br> | |||
❑ [[Coronary angiography]]<br> | |||
❑ [[Endomyocardial biopsy]]<br> | |||
❑ [[Right heart catheterization|Pulmonary artery catheterization]] - in [[respiratory distress]] or [[shock]]</div>}} | |||
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Revision as of 23:43, 20 February 2014
Management
Characterize the symptoms: ❑ Cardiac
❑ Extracardiac Obtain a detailed history:
❑ Past medical history
❑ Family history
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Examine the patient: ❑ General examination:
❑ Head/neck examination:
❑ Cardiovascular examination:
❑ Respiratory examination
❑ Abdominal examination:
❑ Neurological examination: ❑ Extremity examination: ❑ Assess severity - NYHA or ACC/AHA scales Consider close differential diagnoses: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Initial stabilization: ❑ Assess airway, pulse oximetry
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Order laboratory tests: ❑ CBC Other additional laboratory tests: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||