2 min reading · 10 min station · reminders at 2 min
2 min reading · 10 min station · reminders at 2 min
Instructions
You are an intern in the emergency department. Kosta Kostas, 42, has chest pain, ECG changes and a raised troponin, and wants to go home to his children.
1
Explain why he should stay in hospital
2
Start the treatment he needs
3
Agree a plan with him
Troponin I
0.15 mcg/L (normal under 0.04)
ECG
New ST depression and T wave inversion, V1 to V3
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