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missed myocardial infarction among patients discharged with chest pain in the Emergency room: A need for ECG audit by JASON WINTER Posted Tue 01 Dec 2009 3:45pm Check out this SlideShare Presentation: missed myocardial infarction among patients discharged with chest pain in the Emergency room: A need for ECG audit View more presentations from guest75efe2. Read on »

Chest Pain and Anxiety - How to Immediately Stop Chest Pain During Your Anxiety Attack by meital j. Posted Wed 14 Apr 2010 7:56am Unfortunately, chest pain and anxiety go hand in hand. 80% of anxiety sufferers report sharp chest pain during their anxiety attack. Are you one of them? I was. For years. What Does Chest-Pain Caused by Anxiety Feel like? Pain in the chest during anxiety is usually located over the heart and described as sharp pain. The pain usually increases Read on »

Heart Attack, Chest Pain and Heart Disease by Dave W Healthy Living Professional

Posted Fri 18 Dec 2009 3:29am is present. Similar problems are faced in diabetic patients, where the disease may remain silent for years”. Chest pains are often the first telltale signs of cardiovascular disease... Diagnosing the type of pain and usual symptoms Chest pain can be very worrying as the immediate natural concern is that it might be warning signs of an imminent heart Read on »

Not All Chest Pain Treated Equally in U.S. Hospitals: Study by HealthFinder Posted Wed 29 Sep 2010 10:00am /ethnicity and insurance status of 22,000 patients who arrived at the emergency department with chest pain, tightness and/or chest burning. Black and Hispanic patients seeking care... to focus on 100 percent guideline-driven triage management for every single patient," Lopez said. More information To understand more about chest pain, visit the U.S. National Read on »

Not All Chest Pain Treated Equally in U.S. Hospitals by Medline Plus Posted Wed 29 Sep 2010 11:00am /ethnicity and insurance status of 22,000 patients who arrived at the emergency department with chest pain, tightness and/or chest burning. Black and Hispanic patients seeking care... WEDNESDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Black and Hispanic patients who seek care for chest pain in U.S. emergency departments are less likely to be classified as needing immediate Read on »

Does chest pain mean I have a heart problem? by Dave W Healthy Living Professional

Posted Mon 18 Jan 2010 5:36am Prof Lahiri’s article – Chest Pain – Cardiac or not? gets straight to the point. Are these chest pains as a result of something wrong with my heart, or worse still, do I have silent disease? There is really only one method to accurately diagnosed heart problems and that is by Dual Source Cardiac CT Scanning. Prof Lahiri explains the modern Read on »

Unexplained chest pain can be due to stress by Niell A. Patient Expert

Posted Wed 18 Feb 2009 12:06pm , Sweden, indicates several common factors among those affected, including stress at work, anxiety, depression and a sedentary lifestyle. Chest pain is a common reason for patients to seek emergency treatment. A considerable number of patients are diagnosed with unexplained chest pain, which means that the pain cannot be linked to biomedical factors Read on »

Chest Pain by Dr. Anshu Gupta Patient Expert

Posted Tue 02 Jun 2009 4:40pm Some gastrointestinal disorders may present as atypical chest pain. This is chest pain not related to the heart. This usually is associated with gastroesophageal reflux (reflux of stomach acids) and esophageal spasm. In addition, chest pain can be caused when food or liquid gets stuck in the esophagus. Food may get stuck for many Read on »

Origin and location of chest pain in acute pulmonary embolism by Dr. Sangareddi V. Medical Doctor

Posted Wed 21 Oct 2009 10:02pm in on the origin of this pain as the structures involved in acute pulmonary embolism are in different planes and in different depths within the chest cavity. Patients often complain... Pulmonary embolism is one of the important causes of acute chest pain . It can mimic acute coronary syndrome . In fact along with aortic dissection , it forms Read on »

Women with Chest Pain Not Treated the Same as Men by EMS by Heartstrong Registered Nurse

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Posted Fri 05 Jun 2009 4:17pm

1 Comment providers where they presented with chest pain. These are standard life saving procedures for any patient with chest pain/heart attack. In fact, none of the women with a heart attack... Medicine conference (May 2009) found that even women with chest pain do not receive the same treatment as men from ambulance personnel. Over 680 patients with chest pain transported Read on »