Several contributory factors such as poverty, lack of purchasing power, household food insecurity, and limited general knowledge about appropriate nutritional practices increase the risk of undernutrition in developing countries. The…
This article describes some of the miscellaneous etiologies of pediatric chest pain that are important to recognize early and diagnose. Up to 45% of pediatric chest pain cases may elude…
Musculoskeletal chest pain is the most common identifiable cause of chest pain in children and adolescents. A lesion or irritation of any layer of the anterior chest wall may lead…
This article discusses pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, and pulmonary embolism in pediatric practice. Although children appear to have better outcomes than adults, the risk factors are substantial. Topics covered include the pathophysiology…
Chest pain remains a common complaint among children seeking care in the United States. Asthma and lower respiratory tract infections such as pneumonia can be significant causes of chest pain….
Even though chest pain in children is a common complaint, an underlying gastrointestinal cause is rare. The four common gastrointestinal conditions that present with chest pain include eosinophilic esophagitis, gastroesophageal…
Myocarditis and pericarditis are rare but important causes of pediatric chest pain. The diagnositic criteria, clinical course, causes, and treatment of myocarditis is reviewed. There is particular attention to the…
Although cardiac causes of chest pain in children are infrequent, arrhythmias are implicated in most cardiac related cases. The most common arrhythmias associated with chest pain are supraventricular tachycardias, but…
Chest pain is regularly encountered in pediatric medical settings and may be associated with many organic diagnoses that vary widely in morbidity and mortality. Patients with chest pain with and…
Cardiac ischemia in children is usually not an isolated disease in an otherwise normally formed coronary artery but is part of more complex congenital or acquired diseases. Although cardiac ischemia…
