Evaluating and treating unexplained chest pain

Journal of Critical Illness

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 345-354

  Fang, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

An algorithmic to evaluation and treatment; Clinical Conclusion; Panic attack criteria; Visceral hyperalgesia as the common denominator

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; OMEPRAZOLE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TRAZODONE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGUS PH; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; PANIC; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TIETZE SYNDROME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0036737996     PISSN: 10400257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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