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30 lip 2024 · This topic review will discuss life-threatening and common causes of chest pain and provide an approach to the evaluation of an adult with chest pain in the ED. The outpatient evaluation of an adult with chest pain is discussed separately.
Noncardiac chest pain is often described as feeling like angina, the chest pain caused by heart disease. It feels like a painful squeezing or tightness in your chest, or like pressure or heaviness, particularly behind your sternum.
31 paź 2014 · Non-cardiac chest pain (NCCP) is common and patients with ‘atypical pain’ (table 1) and low cardiac risk do not usually need formal investigation. When tests are needed prepare the patient for a negative result which makes acceptance easier.
It is critical to rule out non-musculoskeletal causes of chest pain, particularly those requiring urgent intervention such as ischaemic heart disease. However, once this has been done, most musculoskeletal diagnoses can be made from a thorough history and examination.
14 maj 2021 · A 32-year-old man presented with a 4-month history of isolated anterior chest pain that did not resolve with rest or medication. He was treated with manual physical therapy and targeted exercises in a progressive manner over 4 clinical visits.
4 cze 2024 · This topic will review the major causes of musculoskeletal chest pain in adults. Other topics discuss the evaluation and management of chest pain in different settings, including adult and pediatric patients:
8 lut 2024 · Chest wall pain associated with inflammation of the spine or rib joints can occur with several rheumatic conditions, in particular, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and psoriatic arthritis.
