A patient complains of substernal chest pain with radiating pain to his back and

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A patient complains of substernal chest pain with radiating pain to his back and jaw, the pain is not relieved with rest, you should?

A 49 year old man with a history of heart problems complains of chest pressure and shortness of breath. You should assist him in taking his nitroglycerin if he?

A 48 year old patient complains of difficulty breathing, patients history reveals an acute myocardial infarction 8 months ago, vital signs are 144/86, 110, and 24, auscultation reveals crackles in the lung bases. You should suspect?

Explanation / Answer

Substernal chest pain radiating to back and jaw is due to non cardiac cause like-GERD oor esophageal motility disorder

Nitroglycerin is a vaso dilator used to improve blood flow.We should assist him if he has coronary artery disease or angina

Pulmonary edema secondary to cardiac cause may have crackes in lung bases

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