The Chest Wall and Abdomen Pain Medicine: A Case Based Learning Series

 Transmittal Materials
1     Thomas Wang -- A 28-year-old Stockbroker with Severe Anterior Chest Pain
2     Pete Wilder -- A 23-year-old Printer with Persistent Chest Wall Pain Following CPR
3     Doug Montgomery -- A 38-year-old Male with Anterior Chest Wall Pain Made Worse by Bending
4     Jill St. John, BSN -- A 25-year-old Female with Chest Wall Pain and a Cold
5     Val Rider -- A 29-year-old Female with Persistent Burning Rib Pain Following a Rib Fracture
6     Mark "Mo" Bandy -- A 31-year-old Rodeo Rider with Broken Ribs After Being Thrown from a Bronco
7     Laura McIlhenny -- A 26-year-old Cosmetic Salesperson with Severe Knife-Like Pain and a Clicking Sensation in the Lower Ribs Following a Seatbelt Injury
8     Amy Cleaves -- A 30-year-old Female with Shooting Chest Pain
9     Mike Zuckerburg -- A 28-year-old Male with a Fever and Pleuritic Chest Pain of Acute Onset
10   Tommy "Tank" Teller -- A 68-year-old Diabetic with Pain and Paresthesias Radiating into the Lower Chest and Subcostal Area
11   Chuck Connors -- A 72-year-old Male with Persistent Pain Following a Thoracotomy for Lung Cancer
12   Lydia Lutz -- A 24-year-old Bartender with the Acute Onset of Severe Abdominal Pain that Radiates through to Her Back
13   Brian Nguyen -- A 23-year-old with Severe Testicular Pain and Hematuria
14   Vivian Zhao -- A 32-year-old Female with Right Lower Quadrant Pain
15   Mai Huang -- A 64-year-old Waitress with Left-Sided Abdominal Pain and Fever

By Steven D. Waldman, MD, JD, Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, Professor of Medical Humanities and Bioethics, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.A.