Chest Pain in Children and Adolescents: Pitfalls and Pearls

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This presentation will assist you in differentiating between cardiac and non-cardiac chest pain.

Full Description

Children and adolescents presenting to an outpatient ambulatory or urgent care setting with a chief complaint of chest pain can be anxiety-provoking for the patient, parents and for healthcare providers. This presentation will assist you in differentiating between cardiac and non-cardiac chest pain along with information on the most common causes of chest pain in children. In addition, you will be provided with a structured approach to evaluating children and adolescents with chest pain to determine when additional evaluation or cardiology consultation is needed or when patient and parent reassurance is appropriate and the patient can be safely discharged home.

Additional information

Format

Video

Source

Urgent Care Association

Contributor

Tom Tryon

Length

47 minutes

Publication Date

4/6/19

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