A new study in the journal Pediatrics has demonstrated an algorithm to evaluate when children with chest pain should be referred for further diagnosis. Pediatric chest pain is seldom due to heart ...

In some U.S. emergency departments (EDs), the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 0/1-hour troponin algorithm has shown uniquely poor performance ruling out cardiac events in patients presenting with ...

Chest pain in children usually has a benign etiology. Most patients will have a normal physical exam or findings consistent with a musculoskeletal origin (e.g., chest-wall tenderness); these patients ...