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 2024/10/04 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).