Level 3: Chest Pain – Physical Exam: Expert Panel DDX

How does your differential compare with the experts?

Is there any additional testing (i.e., lab, imaging, etc.) you would perform at this time?

Experts’ DDX:

  1. Panic disorder (defined by the recurring presence of panic attacks with problems in social functioning)
  2. Adjustment disorder with anxiety (with panic attacks as symptoms)
  3. Generalized Anxiety Disorder (with panic attacks as symptoms)
  4. Costochondritis
  5. Pulmonary embolism
  6. Neuropathy
  7. Hypothyroid/hyperthyroid
  8. Lupus
  9. Rheumatoid arthritis
  10. Myocarditis
  11. Esophageal spasm
  12. Malignancy
  13. Pericarditis
  14. Acute coronary syndrome
  15. Pleurisy
  16. Pneumothorax