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Chest discomfort

MedGen UID:
536437
•Concept ID:
C0235710
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Sign or Symptom
SNOMED CT: Chest discomfort (279084009)

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Diagnosis and Management of Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia.
Peng G, Zei PC
JAMA 2024 Feb 20;331(7):601-610. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.0076. PMID: 38497695
Acute Coronary Syndrome: Diagnosis and Initial Management.
Nohria R, Viera AJ
Am Fam Physician 2024 Jan;109(1):34-42. PMID: 38227869
Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Coronary Syndromes: A Review.
Bhatt DL, Lopes RD, Harrington RA
JAMA 2022 Feb 15;327(7):662-675. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.0358. PMID: 35166796

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Acute Coronary Syndrome: Diagnosis and Initial Management.
Nohria R, Viera AJ
Am Fam Physician 2024 Jan;109(1):34-42. PMID: 38227869
Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Coronary Syndromes: A Review.
Bhatt DL, Lopes RD, Harrington RA
JAMA 2022 Feb 15;327(7):662-675. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.0358. PMID: 35166796
Coronary Artery Disease: From Mechanism to Clinical Practice.
Shao C, Wang J, Tian J, Tang YD
Adv Exp Med Biol 2020;1177:1-36. doi: 10.1007/978-981-15-2517-9_1. PMID: 32246442
Awareness of Heart Attack Symptoms and Response Among Adults - United States, 2008, 2014, and 2017.
Fang J, Luncheon C, Ayala C, Odom E, Loustalot F
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2019 Feb 8;68(5):101-106. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6805a2. PMID: 31851653Free PMC Article
Is humidified better than non-humidified low-flow oxygen therapy? A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Wen Z, Wang W, Zhang H, Wu C, Ding J, Shen M
J Adv Nurs 2017 Nov;73(11):2522-2533. Epub 2017 May 30 doi: 10.1111/jan.13323. PMID: 28440960

Diagnosis

Chest pain.
Rahman A
Aust J Gen Pract 2024 Jul;53(7):437-442. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-04-23-6810. PMID: 38957056
Acute Coronary Syndrome: Diagnosis and Initial Management.
Nohria R, Viera AJ
Am Fam Physician 2024 Jan;109(1):34-42. PMID: 38227869
Thymic Parenchymal Hyperplasia.
Suster D, Ronen N, Pierce DC, Suster S
Mod Pathol 2023 Aug;36(8):100207. Epub 2023 May 5 doi: 10.1016/j.modpat.2023.100207. PMID: 37149223
Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis/pseudomonas.
Mahendran M, Urbine D
BMJ Case Rep 2021 Jul 13;14(7) doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-236887. PMID: 34257107Free PMC Article
Pediatric Esophageal Disorders: Diagnosis and Treatment of Reflux and Eosinophilic Esophagitis.
Adamiak T, Plati KF
Pediatr Rev 2018 Aug;39(8):392-402. doi: 10.1542/pir.2017-0266. PMID: 30068740

Therapy

Diagnosis and Management of Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia.
Peng G, Zei PC
JAMA 2024 Feb 20;331(7):601-610. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.0076. PMID: 38497695
Drug-induced bradycardia.
Gn D, Patil M, Shafiq S
Clin Med (Lond) 2023 Mar;23(2):173-174. doi: 10.7861/clinmed.2022-0431. PMID: 36958845Free PMC Article
Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Coronary Syndromes: A Review.
Bhatt DL, Lopes RD, Harrington RA
JAMA 2022 Feb 15;327(7):662-675. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.0358. PMID: 35166796
Is humidified better than non-humidified low-flow oxygen therapy? A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Wen Z, Wang W, Zhang H, Wu C, Ding J, Shen M
J Adv Nurs 2017 Nov;73(11):2522-2533. Epub 2017 May 30 doi: 10.1111/jan.13323. PMID: 28440960
Chemotherapy and cardiotoxicity.
Broder H, Gottlieb RA, Lepor NE
Rev Cardiovasc Med 2008 Spring;9(2):75-83. PMID: 18660728Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Characteristics and determinants of pulmonary long COVID.
Patton MJ, Benson D, Robison SW, Raval D, Locy ML, Patel K, Grumley S, Levitan EB, Morris P, Might M, Gaggar A, Erdmann N
JCI Insight 2024 Apr 23;9(10) doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.177518. PMID: 38652535Free PMC Article
Acute Coronary Syndrome: Diagnosis and Initial Management.
Nohria R, Viera AJ
Am Fam Physician 2024 Jan;109(1):34-42. PMID: 38227869
Thoracentesis techniques: A literature review.
Mohammed A, Hochfeld U, Hong S, Hosseini DK, Kim K, Omidvari K
Medicine (Baltimore) 2024 Jan 5;103(1):e36850. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000036850. PMID: 38181250Free PMC Article
Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Coronary Syndromes: A Review.
Bhatt DL, Lopes RD, Harrington RA
JAMA 2022 Feb 15;327(7):662-675. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.0358. PMID: 35166796
Chemotherapy and cardiotoxicity.
Broder H, Gottlieb RA, Lepor NE
Rev Cardiovasc Med 2008 Spring;9(2):75-83. PMID: 18660728Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Diagnosis and Management of Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia.
Peng G, Zei PC
JAMA 2024 Feb 20;331(7):601-610. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.0076. PMID: 38497695
Acute Coronary Syndrome: Diagnosis and Initial Management.
Nohria R, Viera AJ
Am Fam Physician 2024 Jan;109(1):34-42. PMID: 38227869
Management of infusion-related reactions (IRRs) in patients receiving amivantamab in the CHRYSALIS study.
Park K, Sabari JK, Haura EB, Shu CA, Spira A, Salgia R, Reckamp KL, Sanborn RE, Govindan R, Bauml JM, Curtin JC, Xie J, Roshak A, Lorenzini P, Millington D, Thayu M, Knoblauch RE, Cho BC
Lung Cancer 2023 Apr;178:166-171. Epub 2023 Feb 15 doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2023.02.008. PMID: 36868177
Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Coronary Syndromes: A Review.
Bhatt DL, Lopes RD, Harrington RA
JAMA 2022 Feb 15;327(7):662-675. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.0358. PMID: 35166796
Coronary Artery Disease: From Mechanism to Clinical Practice.
Shao C, Wang J, Tian J, Tang YD
Adv Exp Med Biol 2020;1177:1-36. doi: 10.1007/978-981-15-2517-9_1. PMID: 32246442

Recent systematic reviews

Hoigné's syndrome, an uncommon mimicker of anaphylaxis: Systematic literature review.
Consolascio D, Bronz G, Lardelli PF, Milani GP, Lava SAG, Terziroli Beretta Piccoli B, Bianchetti MG, Bergmann MM, Rizzi M
J Autoimmun 2024 Feb;143:103164. Epub 2024 Jan 8 doi: 10.1016/j.jaut.2023.103164. PMID: 38194789
Electrocardiographic alterations by pneumothorax: a case-control study with review of the literature.
Minotti B, Brenner R, Desbiolles LM, Osterwalder J, Schoch OD, Ammann P
Swiss Med Wkly 2021 Aug 2;151:w30041. Epub 2021 Aug 3 doi: 10.4414/SMW.2021.w30041. PMID: 34495608
Measured dynamic compression for pectus carinatum: A systematic review.
de Beer SA, Blom YE, Lopez M, de Jong JR
Semin Pediatr Surg 2018 Jun;27(3):175-182. Epub 2018 Jun 15 doi: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2018.06.001. PMID: 30078489
Is humidified better than non-humidified low-flow oxygen therapy? A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Wen Z, Wang W, Zhang H, Wu C, Ding J, Shen M
J Adv Nurs 2017 Nov;73(11):2522-2533. Epub 2017 May 30 doi: 10.1111/jan.13323. PMID: 28440960
Comparative tolerability of treatments for acute migraine: A network meta-analysis.
Thorlund K, Toor K, Wu P, Chan K, Druyts E, Ramos E, Bhambri R, Donnet A, Stark R, Goadsby PJ
Cephalalgia 2017 Sep;37(10):965-978. Epub 2016 Aug 12 doi: 10.1177/0333102416660552. PMID: 27521843

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