Approach to managing undiagnosed chest pain: Could gastroesophageal reflux disease be the cause?

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 261-266

  Flook, Nigel ^a,b,c,h   Unge, Peter ^d   Agréus, Lars ^d   Karlson, Björn W ^e   Nilsson, Staffan ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Prescribing and Analytics and Physician Health Monitoring   (Canada)

^c Canadian Society of Primary Care Gastroenterology   (Canada)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^f Vikbolandets Primary Care Centre   (Sweden)

^g LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h University Hospital Family Medicine Clinic   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; THORAX PAIN;

ANTACIDS; CHEST PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTON PUMPS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847787019     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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