Mnemonic for Causes of Acute Chest Pain

Remember the causes of Acute Chest Pain using the mnemonic CHEST MAPPED.

CHEST MAPPPED

  • Cardiac anoxia (ie, ischemia or infarction)
  • Hematological (e.g., sickle cell chest crisis)
  • Esophagus (ie, spasm, esophagitis, rupture)
  • Spinal (ie, nerve root damage, spinal column disease)
  • Trachea or bronchus
  • Mediastinum: infection or mediastinal emphysema
  • Aorta: Dissection or aneurysm
  • Parietal surfaces (ie, pleural, pericardial, diaphragm)
  • Pulmonary embolus, Pneumonia
  • Extra-thoracic organs (eg, stomach, gallbladder, liver,
  • pancreas)
  • Diseases of viral origin (eg, epidemic pleurodynia, herpes
  • Zoster, costochondritis)

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