Pediatric Chest Pain: Using Evidence to Reduce Diagnostic Testing in the Emergency Department
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-1-2022
Publication Title
Pediatric emergency medicine practice
Volume
19
Issue
2
First page number:
1
Last page number:
24
Abstract
Pediatric chest pain is a relatively common presenting complaint, but identifying serious pathologies without overtesting patients with less-serious pathologies can be a challenge for emergency clinicians. This issue reviews the available literature to provide evidence-based recommendations to support a more standardized approach to the evaluation and management of pediatric patients with chest pain. This issue will help the emergency clinician identify red flags associated with cardiac causes of pediatric chest pain, recognize life-threatening causes of cardiac and non- cardiac chest pain, clinically diagnose the most common causes of non-cardiac chest pain, and appropriately utilize diagnostic tests in the evaluation of chest pain patients.
Controlled Subject
Pediatrics; Chest pain; Diagnosis
Disciplines
Cardiology | Emergency and Disaster Management | Pediatrics
Repository Citation
Fisher, J. D.,
Warren, B.
(2022).
Pediatric Chest Pain: Using Evidence to Reduce Diagnostic Testing in the Emergency Department.
Pediatric emergency medicine practice, 19(2),
1-24.
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