Pieter_ER

Registered Nurse

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58 y/o male in the ER; complains of fluctuating retrosternal pain in the last 4 days and one recent episode of a more severe pain. Smoker +++, alcohol 2/3 times a day. Has a medical history of hypertension and brain surgery.

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