Children with Chest Pain Visiting the Emergency Department

Chest pain is a common complaint in children visiting the emergency department (ED). True organic problems like cardiac disease are rare. We assess and analyze the etiology of chest pain among children visiting a pediatric ED in one medical center. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical re...

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Published in:	Pediatrics and Neonatology
Main Authors:	Chien-Heng Lin, Wei-Ching Lin, Yung-Jen Ho, Jeng-Sheng Chang
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2008-04-01
Subjects:	chest pain children emergency department
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1875957208600078

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