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How is noncardiac chest pain treated? Effective treatment depends on identifying the cause of your noncardiac chest pain. Some options include: Acid reflux treatments. If your noncardiac chest pain is, like most people’s, from GERD, treatment is usually simple and effective.
Chest pain is a common reason for patients to attend cardiac clinics, but the cause of pain in more than 50% of these patients is non-cardiac. 1 In a recent study of 660 consecutive referrals to a “one stop” clinic, only 27% had a cardiac cause for their symptoms. 2 Another group, which is particularly difficult to manage, is that with a ...
12 kwi 2018 · Non-cardiac chest pain (NCCP) is recurrent angina pectoris-like pain without evidence of coronary heart disease in conventional diagnostic evaluation. The prevalence of NCCP is up to 70% and may be detected (in this order) at all levels of the medical health care system (general practitioner, emergency department, chest pain unit, coronary care).
23 lis 2015 · Non-cardiac chest pain is one of the most common functional gastrointestinal disorders. By recognising that gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD), oesophageal dysmotility and oesophageal hypersensitivity are the main underlying mechanisms of NCCP, a more directed therapeutic approach has been developed.
28 paź 2021 · Transfer by EMS from the office setting for acute chest pain with suspected ACS or other life-threating conditions is recommended because of the important advantages provided by EMS including: 1) acquisition of a prehospital ECG, which can facilitate reperfusion if ST elevation is present; 2) presence of trained personnel who can provide ...
Results. We identified key differential diagnostic and therapeutic considerations for psychosomatic medicine providers in 3 different clinical contexts: acute care in the emergency department, inpatient C-L psychiatry, and outpatient C-L psychiatry.
11 sie 2014 · Randomized clinical trial examined the separate and combined effects of CST and antidepressant medication (sertraline) in participants with non-cardiac chest pain. 115 patients diagnosed with NCCP were randomly assigned to one of four treatments: CST plus sertraline, CST plus placebo, sertraline alone, or placebo alone.
