- You must be able to diagnose anginal pain.
Anginal pain:
- May be dull aching, compression, squeezing or burning but never throbbing or stitching.
- Substernal radiating to left arm or both arms and shoulder (may radiate to epigastrium or back or neck root)
- Never under left breast.
- Increased by exertion and decreased by rest .
Anginal pain:
- May be dull aching, compression, squeezing or burning but never throbbing or stitching.
- Substernal radiating to left arm or both arms and shoulder (may radiate to epigastrium or back or neck root)
- Never under left breast.
- Increased by exertion and decreased by rest .
- ECG is normal at rest.
Treatment:
R/ Angised (Glycerine nitrate) tablets = Tridil tablets
1- Give one tablet sublingual.
2- Refer the patient to a cardiologist or a hospital with a cardiology department.
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