24-Year-Old Man With Acute Chest Pain

• Published in: Mayo Clinic proceedings Vol. 92; no. 12; pp. 1850 - 1854
• Main Authors: Trautman, Christopher L., Villanueva, Armando, Stancampiano, Fernando F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Inc 01.12.2017; Frontline Medical Communications Inc; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Acute coronary syndromes; Acute Disease; Arthritis; Blood; Cardiac arrhythmia; Cardiomyopathy; Care and treatment; Case studies; Chest pain; Chest Pain - etiology; Cocaine; Diagnosis; Diagnosis, Differential; Dyspnea; Dyspnea - etiology; Electrocardiography; Embolisms; Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; Family medical history; Heart attacks; Humans; Ischemia; Laboratories; Lupus; Male; Pain; Patients; Pericarditis; Pericarditis - diagnosis; Peritoneal dialysis; Pulmonary arteries; Systematic review; Thoracic surgery; Young Adult

The patient underwent initial laboratory studies, which revealed the following (reference ranges provided parenthetically): hemoglobin, 8.1 g/dL (12.0-15.5 g/dL); white blood cell count, 5.4 109/L (3.5-10.5 109/L), with a differential of 85% neutrophils and 9% lymphocytes; platelet count, 299 109/L...