Cardiac contusion
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Background
Diagnosis
- Physical
- New murmur
- EKG
- most common abnormality in order
- Sinus tachy
- PVCs
- A. fib
- most common abnormality in order
- do NOT need enzymes
Treatment
- Treat arrythmia prn
- Do NOT treat prophylacticly (incr mort!)
- NO thrombolitics for AMI here (incr mort)
severity depends on underlying cad b/c inflamm chngs= redistribute coronary flow that may= ischemic cp.
Disposition
Observation for 6 hours
Admit (tele) for:
- abnl physical
- abnl ekg
- hypotension
