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== | {{PediatricPage|chest pain}} | ||
==Background== | |||
*Common cause of presentation to the ED, especially in adolescents | |||
*The majority of pediatric chest pain is benign and not cardiac in origin | |||
*The main cause of cardiac chest pain in pediatrics is [[pericarditis]] | |||
*Family history plays an important part screening for familial history of sudden death | |||
== | ==Clinical Features== | ||
*[[Chest pain]] | |||
*Physical exam | |||
**Listen for murmurs | |||
**Palpate | |||
**Compress rib cage | |||
==Differential Diagnosis== | |||
{{DDX CP peds}} | |||
==Evaluation== | |||
*[[ECG]] | |||
*[[CXR]] | |||
*Consider [[echocardiography]] | |||
==Management== | |||
==Disposition== | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
[[Chest | *[[Chest pain]] | ||
== | ==External Links== | ||
[[Category: | ==References== | ||
[[Category: | <references/> | ||
[[Category:Cardiology]] | |||
[[Category:Pediatrics]] | |||
[[Category:Symptoms]] | |||
Latest revision as of 17:07, 17 January 2026
This page is for pediatric patients. For adult patients, see: chest pain
Background
- Common cause of presentation to the ED, especially in adolescents
- The majority of pediatric chest pain is benign and not cardiac in origin
- The main cause of cardiac chest pain in pediatrics is pericarditis
- Family history plays an important part screening for familial history of sudden death
Clinical Features
- Chest pain
- Physical exam
- Listen for murmurs
- Palpate
- Compress rib cage
Differential Diagnosis
Chest pain (peds)
- Idiopathic (most common)
- Precordial catch syndrome
- Sudden, intense pain with deep inspiration, self-resolving
- Usually located to one finger point and the intercostal space (often at apex of heart)[1]
- Musculoskeletal
- Pulmonary
- Pneumothorax
- Pneumonia (peds)
- Pulmonary embolism
- Aortic dissection
- Uncommon but consider with history of connective tissue disease
- GI
- Psychosomatic
- Cardiac (1%)
- Left-sided obstructive lesions
- Dysrhythmias
- HOCM
- Pericarditis
- Prinzmetal's angina (vasospasm)
- MI
- Rare, even post-Kawasaki
- Consider coronary artery dissection
- Mitral valve prolapse
- Anomalous coronary arteries]
Evaluation
- ECG
- CXR
- Consider echocardiography
Management
Disposition
See Also
External Links
References
- ↑ Pickering D. Precordial catch syndrome. Arch Dis Child. 1981;56(5):401-403. doi:10.1136/adc.56.5.401