Question 27 (part 2) · LEK · C – circulation
In adult patients, life-threatening causes of chest pain do not include:
- A. pneumonia.
- B. pneumothorax.
- C. pericarditis.
- D. acute coronary syndrome.
- E. aortic dissecting aneurysm.
Hint
Find the condition that usually causes subacute pleuritic pain rather than belonging to the classic immediately lethal causes of chest pain.
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