Chest Pain
Basics
DESCRIPTION
Chest pain is a common pain syndrome in childhood. It is less common than abdominal pain and headache. Cardiac disease is an uncommon etiology. Musculoskeletal cause is most common. Boys and girls are equally affected. Etiology is often unclear (idiopathic).
ASSOCIATED-CONDITIONS
- Asthma
- Cystic fibrosis
- Diabetes mellitus (long-standing)
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Kawasaki disease
- Marfan syndrome
- Sickle cell disease
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
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Citation
Cabana, Michael D., editor. "Chest Pain." Select 5-Minute Pediatrics Topics, 7th ed., Wolters Kluwer Health, 2015. Medicine Central, im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Select-5-Minute-Pediatric-Consult/14097/6/Chest_Pain.
Chest Pain. In: Cabana MDM, ed. Select 5-Minute Pediatrics Topics. Wolters Kluwer Health; 2015. https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Select-5-Minute-Pediatric-Consult/14097/6/Chest_Pain. Accessed December 3, 2024.
Chest Pain. (2015). In Cabana, M. D. (Ed.), Select 5-Minute Pediatrics Topics (7th ed.). Wolters Kluwer Health. https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Select-5-Minute-Pediatric-Consult/14097/6/Chest_Pain
Chest Pain [Internet]. In: Cabana MDM, editors. Select 5-Minute Pediatrics Topics. Wolters Kluwer Health; 2015. [cited 2024 December 03]. Available from: https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Select-5-Minute-Pediatric-Consult/14097/6/Chest_Pain.
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