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| | Chest pain |
 | | Chest-wall pain (pain originating in the tissues of the chest-wall rather than the heart) can often be demonstrated by pressing a finger on the chest at the spot of discomfort, which reproduces or aggravates the pain. | | | Stable angina (chest pain caused by temporary inadequacy of blood flow to the heart muscle) usually lasts 1 to 15 minutes and is provoked by exercise or stress and relieved by rest or nitroglycerin. | | | When faced with unexpected chest pain, it is normal for people to fear the worst, since chest pain is a symptom, which, to many people, means "heart attack." Nevertheless, chest pain can have many causes unrelated to the heart. |
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http://www.rwjhamilton.org/Atoz/encyclopedia/article/003079.asp
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| | Chest Pain in Kids, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center |
| | Remember, chest pain is usually due to a benign or self-limited illness. | | | Fortunately, most chest pain in children is caused by benign or self-limited illnesses. | | | Rarely, the heart is the source of chest pain in children. |
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http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/health/heart-encyclopedia/signs/chest.htm
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| | Chest pain |
| | Chest pain in patients with sickle syndromes can occur from pulmonary infarction, pneumonia, myocardial ischemia, chest wall pain from bone infarction, or as part of the diffuse pain of pain crisis. | | | The Acute Chest Syndrome is defined as a new infiltrate on chest radiograph in a patient with sickle cell disease, with possible associated features of acute pleuritic chest pain, fever, prostration, or leukocytosis. | | | Chest pain, which is a usual occurrence during pain episodes can be treated as an uncomplicated pain episode provided the chest film is normal and there are no other respiratory symptoms, fever, or physical findings on chest exam. |
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| | Virtual Naval Hospital: General Medical Officer Manual: Clinical Section |
| | Diffuse esophageal spasm is a neuromuscular disorder of the esophagus characterized by chest pain and difficulty in swallowing. | | | The incidence of acute myocardial infarction in patients hospitalized with acute chest pain is between 25 to 30 percent. | | | Pain arising from the gastrointestinal tract, especially the esophagus, may give rise to chest discomfort that is similar to angina pectoris. |
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http://www.vnh.org/GMO/ClinicalSection/08Chestpain.html
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| | Chest pain |
| | Musculo-skeletal pain presents as atypical chest pain that is reproducible by springing the chest, movement of the chest wall during deep respirations, movement of the limbs or by direct pressure. | | | chest pain that is brought on by exercise and relieved by rest, may be caused by problems other than coronary artery disease. | | | It is an uncommon condition that is characterised by a severe immobilising, pleuritic chest pain and sometimes abdominal pain. |
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http://www.devonshirelodge.co.uk/acute/chestpain.htm
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| | Chest pain |
| | Inflammation of or trauma to the various components of the chest wall is a common cause of chest pain. | | | In this regard, it is worth noting that cardiac causes of chest pain are often accompanied by shortness of breath; but in contrast to many respiratory causes of chest pain and dyspnea, and with the exception of pericarditis, the pain of heart disease does not vary with breathing. | | | Because it is a subjective experience and difficult to quantify, epidemiological surveys of the prevalence of chest pain and physiological studies of its mechanisms are limited. |
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http://www.nlhep.org/books/pul_Pre/chest-pain.html
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| | Chest Pain and Headaches |
| | However, if you have chest pain and your physician and/or cardiologist cannot find the cause after extensive efforts, and you also experience headaches or face pain, it may be appropriate to seek evaluation to determine whether you are likely to benefit from our treatment for the headaches or face pain. | | | If you have chest pain and also experience headaches, this section may be of interest to you. | | | Over the past 30 years or so, many of our patients whom we were treating for headaches or face pain remarked that not only were the problems we were treating resolving, but their chest pain was disappearing as well. |
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http://headandfacialpain.com/pain.html
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| | Chest Pain |
| | Cardiac chest pain is not exacerbated by respiration. | | | Cardiac chest pain is usually described as a dull ache or heaviness; it is seldom characterized as being sharp or stabbing. | | | Cardiac chest pain is not influenced by changes in body position. |
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http://www.miamivalleyfitness.com/Heart_Health_chest_pain.htm
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| | Chest pain, strokes - Chest Pain |
| | The most common origin of chest pain is chest wall pain--that is, pain arising from the bones, joints, muscles and nerves in the chest wall. | | | This measure assesses the percentage of patients with chest pain symptoms in emergency Identify patients seen in the ED with a diagnosis of chest pain. | | | Chest pain can be described as a heaviness, pressure or discomfort in the chest. |
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http://strokes.allinfosites.com/q/strokes-chest-pain.htm
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| | Chest Pain |
| | Chest pain can be caused by any number of things, but the most common causes are chronic cough, strenuous exercise that causes muscle soreness in that area, and precordial catch syndrome, which is believed to be caused by a pinched nerve in the chest area. | | | Pediatric chest pain is a child’s complaint of pain in the chest area, occurring in the front or back. | | | While most chest pain is harmless, you should call your child’s physician immediately if the pain is so severe that it interferes with daily activities, the pain lasts for longer than one hour, your child is not acting like his or her self, or your child is having difficulty breathing or is breathing quickly. |
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http://www.hmc.psu.edu/childrens/healthinfo/c/chestpain.htm
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| | Chest Pain |
| | The pain is usually worse with movement of the chest and tenderness may be elicited. | | | Chest pain of cardiac origin is suggested by pain that increases with physical exertion, history of palpitations, and an ill appearance. | | | Chest pain is a common pediatric complaint with the average presenting age of 12. |
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http://pedclerk.bsd.uchicago.edu/chestPain.html
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| | Chest pain |
| | Anyway, typically this is sudden severe central chest pain that radiates through to the back. | | | If swallowing, burping, specific foods or regurgitation is associated with the pain, and/or the pain is clearly of a burning quality, then it's generally due to a gastrointestinal, especially esophageal cause. | | | The pain increases with breathing, the pulse usually quickens and variable degrees of being short of breath develops. |
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| | Chest pain -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
| | The physician's typical approach is to rule-out the most dangerous causes of chest pain first (eg: heart attack, blood clot in the lung, aneurism). | | | As in all medicine, a careful medical history and physical examination is essential is separating dangerous and trivial causes of disease, and the management of chest pain is often done on specialised units (termed medical assessment units) to concentrate the investigations. | | | In (A heart condition marked by paroxysms of chest pain due to reduced oxygen to the heart) angina pectoris, for example, blood tests and other analyses are not sensitive enough (Chun & McGee 2004). |
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http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/c/ch/chest_pain.htm
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| | Chest Pain - Page 1 - HeartCenterOnline: |
| | Chest pain is a broad term used to describe a variety of symptoms, including tightness, squeezing, crushing, choking, radiating pain or numbness of the chest area. | | | Chest pain or discomfort that is unrelieved by rest or a change in position and often spreads or radiates through the upper body to the arms, neck, shoulders or jaw | | | Chest pain refers to pressure, squeezing or general discomfort in the chest area, which includes the heart, breast and neck areas. |
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http://heart.healthcentersonline.com/signssymptoms/chestpain.cfm
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| | Chest pain: First aid - MayoClinic.com |
| | The specific cause of chest pain is often difficult to interpret. | | | One of the most common varieties of harmless chest pain is chest wall pain. | | | The earliest predictor of an attack may be recurrent chest pain that's triggered by exertion and relieved by rest. |
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http://mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?objectid=F11C0B03-A443-4A1C-83C3ACF6DAD394D0
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| | Angina (chest pain) information on MedicineNet.com |
| | Other causes of chest pain can be evaluated electively, such as spasm of the esophagus, gallbladder attack, or inflammation of the chest wall. | | | Angina (angina pectoris - Latin for squeezing of the chest) is the chest discomfort that occurs when the blood oxygen supply to an area of the heart muscle does not meet the demand. | | | Lack of oxygen to the heart muscle causes chest pain (angina). |
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| | Chest pain |
| | This anxiety-related cause of chest pain can be treated with prescription anti-anxiety medications, relaxation techniques and counseling to find out what may be triggering your attacks. | | | But even if the chest pain you experience has nothing to do with your cardiovascular system, the problem may still be important — and worth the time spent in an emergency room to have it evaluated. | | | Rarely, cancer involving the chest or cancer that has spread from another part of the body can cause chest pain. |
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| | Angina Pectoris |
| | Normally the chest discomfort is relieved with rest, nitroglycerin or both. | | | Angina pectoris is the medical term for chest pain or discomfort due to coronary heart disease. Angina is a symptom of a condition called myocardial ischemia. It occurs when the heart muscle (myocardium) doesn't get as much blood (hence as much oxygen) as it needs. | | | Typical angina is uncomfortable pressure, fullness, squeezing or pain in the center of the chest. The discomfort also may be felt in the neck, jaw, shoulder, back or arm. Many types of chest discomfort aren't related to angina. Acid reflux (heartburn) and lung infection or inflammation are examples. |
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| | Chest Pain |
| | The most common origin of chest pain is chest wall pain--that is, pain arising from the bones, joints, muscles and nerves in the chest wall. | | | Any sudden, sharp pain in the chest accompanied with sudden onset of cough, shortness of breath, or palpitations, may indicate a serious condition such as a pneumothorax (hole in the lung) or a pulmonary embolus (blood clot in the lung). | | | This pain is usually sharp or stabbing and is made worse by breathing or coughing and by moving the arms or chest. |
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http://www.byu.edu/shc/library/common/chst_pn.html
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| | Chest Pain - Lucile Packard Children's Hospital |
| | Most brief chest pain lasting minutes is from harmless muscle cramps or a pinched nerve. | | | Heart disease is hardly ever the cause of chest pain in children. | | | Reassurance: Chest pains in children lasting for a few minutes are usually harmless muscle cramps. |
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http://www.lpch.org/HealthLibrary/ParentCareTopics/BreathingorChestSymptoms/ChestPain.html
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| | Chest Pain |
| | You should call your physician if your child complains of chest pain and he is having difficulty breathing, feels as if his heart is racing or skipping beats or if he passes out. | | | heart disorder, chest pain that can be accompanied by an irregular heart rhythm or pounding, dizziness, that is made worse by exercising, and that may cause fainting. | | | costochondritis, pain caused by inflammation of the chest wall. |
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http://www.belkysbravomd.com/chest_pain.htm
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| | Chest Pain |
| | You have severe chest pain, especially pain that is crushing or pressure-like and spreads to the arms, back, neck, or jaw; or if you also have sweating, nausea, or difficulty breathing. | | | The muscles and bones of the chest wall may be involved. | | | Chest pain can result from diseases in many different parts of the body, including the heart, lungs, stomach, and bowel. |
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| | Chest Pain |
| | Pain or discomfort that spreads to the shoulders, neck, or arms. | | | Uncomfortable pressure, fullness, squeezing, pain, or discomfort in the center of the chest that lasts for more than two minutes. | | | Any chest discomfort that causes anxiety or concern. |
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http://www.umm.edu/cardiac/chstpain.htm
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| | Chest Pain News |
| | Preview: Chest pain is the most common reason for physician consultation worldwide. | | | HEART attack patients given morphine to relieve chest pain have an almost 50 per cent higher risk of dying than those who are not, according to new US research. | | | Nitroglycerin tablets can relieve chest pain, and now a new form of the drug could spray the pain away. |
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| | CHEST PAIN GUIDELINES |
| | Whenever a resident complains of chest pain ("uncomfortable sensation, tightness, strangling, squeezing, heaviness, indigestion, nausea"), concentrated behind the sternum or on the left side, with or without radiation, the following evaluation should be completed before calling the provider on call. | | | If new onset chest pain put to bed, apply oxygen at 2L via NC and place emergency call. | | | If a resident does not have a DNR order - any chest pain, unrelieved by Nitroglycerine, should be reported as an emergency. |
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| | Chest Pain Diagnosis |
| | When a patient complaining of chest pains reports to a physician, a large number of possibly relevant inputs must be considered during the diagnosis. | | | The first step in constructing this application was to conduct a literature search for studies that reported on the diagnostic relevance of various indicators for those pathologies associated with chest pains. | | | Some of these inputs are subjective, being observations made by the attending physician (e.g., What is the patient's skin color?) or the patient's answers to the physician's questions (e.g., Where does the pain originate?). |
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| | Chest Pain |
| | Do you have new, moderate pain that does not seem to be caused by muscle strain or other injury to the chest wall? | | | Do you have pain in your chest muscles or ribs (chest wall pain)? | | | See significance of chest wall pain if you need information to help you answer the questions below. |
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http://my.webmd.com/hw/heart_disease/hw86072.asp
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| | Chest Pain, Chronic -- familydoctor.org |
| | The pain you have may be from your GALLBLADDER. | | | Your chest discomfort and shortness of breath may be from ASTHMA. | | | Your pain may be POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA, a condition that may remain after the shingles infection. |
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| | Society of Chest Pain Centers - Home |
| | The Society of Chest Pain Centers is a patient centric non-profit international professional organization focused upon improving care for patients with acute coronary syndromes and other maladies. | | | The Society promotes protocol based medicine, often delivered through a Chest Pain Center model to address the diagnosis and treatment of acute coronary syndromes, heart failure, and to promote the adoption of process improvement science by healthcare providers. | | | Select from the links below to find out more information regarding Chest Pain Center Accreditation and the Ninth Congress of Chest Pain Centers. |
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| | ABC News: Report: Curry had chest pain in '04 Bulls camp |
| | "It was during a conditioning drill, and Eddy complained of chest pain and lightheadedness," Paxson told SI.com. | | | Report: Curry had chest pain in '04 Bulls camp | | | ABC News: Report: Curry had chest pain in '04 Bulls camp |
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| | Chest Pain |
| | I read the leaflets that comes with my tablets and noted that muscle pain has been associated with use of the drug, so I stopped taking the Lipitor. | | | By Friday night I was in severe pain, it was taking half an hour to lay down in bed and a similar time to sit up in the morning - movement whilst in bed, pretty much impossible. | | | However just last Tuesday I developed a pain in my chest. |
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| | Care Plan |
| | (_) Verbalize causative factors associated with chest pain. | | | response to pain medication and notify physician if pain is not controlled or pt. | | | (_) Review history of previous pain experienced by patient and compare to current experience. |
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http://www.rncentral.com/careplans/plans/ccp.html
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| | Free Online Medical Diagnosis by Symptoms |
| | Abdominal pain can be triggered by such varied conditions as indigestion, gallstones or colon cancer. | | | They may also represent more ominous conditions, such as brain tumors, ruptured aneurysms or hydrocephalus. | | | The important thing to remember, is that understanding the underlying cause of your symptoms may be crucial. |
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| | The Linden Method |
| | I had persistent chest pains, breathlessness and muscle weakness and I would have as many as 6 to 8 panic attacks each day, day and night. | | | I researched every known piece of information, treatments and resources for anxiety disorder, panic disorder, panic attacks and phobias, interviewed hundreds of sufferers and then systematically identified which therapies and treatments actually worked. | | | I was unable to exercise or travel, and was constantly terrified. |
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http://www.linden-method.com
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| | Chest Pain Manual |
| | Argyle, B., Chest Pain Simulator Computer Program Manual. | | | The credit for the text referenced through this menu is: |
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