PEDIATRICS Vol. 75 No. 6 June 1985, pp. 1068-1070
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Chest Pain in Children

Steven M. Selbst MD1

1 The Department of Pediatrics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, Babies Hospital, New York

In a retrospective study of chest pain, 267 children were identified. This gave an occurrence rate (per patient visit) of 0.249%. Male patients were identified as often as female patients, and teenagers as often as children less than age 12 years. Chest pain was found to be present for more than 1 month in 8.6% and for more than 1 year in 7.8%. Idiopathic chest pain was the most common diagnosis made, followed by functional pain (anxiety related) and musculoskeletal pain. Laboratory tests were not helpful in establishing the etiology of chest pain.

Key Words: chest pain • heart disease • musculoskeletal pain • electrocardiogram

Submitted on October 18, 1982
Accepted on July 25, 1984




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