RT Book, Section
A1 Kane, David A.
A2 Zaoutis, Lisa B.
A2 Chiang, Vincent W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1146113387
T1 Chest Pain
T2 Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine, 2e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071829281
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1146113387
RD 2024/04/24
AB Chest  pain  is  a  common  symptom  in  pediatrics.  It  often  causes  significant  anxiety  and  concern  for  patients  and  families.  Although  cardiac  etiologies  are  often  the  principal  concern  for  families,  pediatric  chest  pain  is  rarely  caused  by  cardiac  disease  (0%–5%).1-3  More  common  causes  involve  the  pulmonary,  gastrointestinal,  or  musculoskeletal  systems.  Hospitalists  caring  for  patients  with  chest  pain  must  be  able  to  utilize  a  thorough  history  and  physical  to  determine  benign  from  organic  disease  among  the  long  list  of  differential  diagnoses  (Table  20-1).