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aleshanee said:glad she;s feeling better... but i tend to agree with the nurses on this one...... symptoms of cardiac ischemia often manifest themselves very differently in women than they do in men..... . the classic retrosternal pain and pressure in the chest that men most often present with might show up as epigastric discomfort or even pain in the upper back at the base of the neck in women..... the only way to rule out cardiac involvement is to check for cardiac enzymes in the bloodstream... .... i;m sure they probably did that.. ... but if she;s having tachycardia that with those other symptoms then i think a stress test would be in order... .. . they can do it now without actually putting the patient at risk on a treadmill.... . there is an adenosine stress test which is very passive and performed without ever having the patient leave the bed..... .it;s worth doing just to have peace of mind..... .. but anyway... glad she is home and feeling better... . but will definitely keep her in my prayers....
Your insight is eerily close in several of your observations to what I was told by the nurses. Her family doctor wanted to keep her for observation but the other doc wanted her dismissed. Mom wanted out of there as soon as possible so I guess that is what won out. Hopefully the lack of testing won't be an issue, and this is just a bump in the road.
