Chest wall syndrome in primary care patients with chest pain: Presentation, associated features and diagnosis

Family Practice

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 363-369

  Bösner, Stefan ^a   Becker, Annette ^a   Hani, Maren Abu ^a   Keller, Heidi ^a   Sönnichsen, Andreas C ^b   Karatolios, Konstantinos ^a   Schaefer, Juergen R ^a   Haasenritter, Jörg ^a   Baum, Erika ^a   Donner Banzhoff, Norbert ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Chest wall; Diagnosis; Prevalence; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEST WALL SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX DISEASE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX WALL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEST PAIN; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SYNDROME; THORACIC WALL;

EID: 77955243939     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmq024     Document Type: Article

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