1985/06/01 by Steven M. Selbst · 55 citations
Medicine · #Anxiety #Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders #Chest pain #Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research #Etiology #Internal medicine #Medicine #Pediatrics #Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade #Physical therapy #Psychiatry #Surgery
paper · doi:10.1542/peds.75.6.1068
published in PEDIATRICS 75(6), 1068-1070 (American Academy of Pediatrics)
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In a retrospective study of chest pain, 267 children were identified. This gave an occurrence rate (per patient visit) of 0.249%. Male patients were identified as often as female patients, and teenagers as often as children less than age 12 years. Chest pain was found to be present for more than 1 month in 8.6% and for more than 1 year in 7.8%. Idiopathic chest pain was the most common diagnosis made, followed by functional pain (anxiety related) and musculoskeletal pain. Laboratory tests were not helpful in establishing the etiology of chest pain.