Current Paediatrics
Volume 14, Issue 1 , Pages 64-70, February 2004

How to evaluate a child with chest pain

  • Andrew W Boon

      Affiliations

    • Royal Berkshire Hospital, London Road, Reading RG1 5AN, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 (0) 118 987 7525; fax: +44 (0) 118 987 8383
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  • Julian Forton

      Affiliations

    • University Department of Paediatrics, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK

Abstract 

Chest pain is relatively common in children. In contrast to that in adults, it is rarely cardiac in origin. The evaluation of a child with chest pain rests mainly on the history and clinical examination; routine investigations are often unnecessary. The two main questions are whether the pain is cardiac in origin and whether there is an organic cause of the pain.

Keywords:  Chest pain, musculoskeletal pain, respiratory pain, cardiac pain

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PII: S0957-5839(03)00124-6

doi:10.1016/j.cupe.2003.09.003

Current Paediatrics
Volume 14, Issue 1 , Pages 64-70, February 2004

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