Chest pain in children and adolescents: Epigastric tenderness as a guide to reduce unnecessary work-up

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-5

  Sabri, M R ^a   Ghavanini, A A ^b   Haghighat, M ^a   Imanieh, M H ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Epigastric tenderness; Gastrointestinal diseases

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; DUODENITIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOSCOPY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX PAIN; UREA BREATH TEST; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HOSPITALIZATION; IRAN; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHEST PAIN; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0038320978     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-002-0077-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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