Author/Authors
Boydak, B Ege Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - İç Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Turkey , Şahin, S Ege Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Tip Iç Hastaliklari Anabilim Dali, Geriatri Bilim Dali, Turkey
Title Of Article
Approach to chest pain in elderly patients
شماره ركورد
14870
Abstract
Chest pain is one of the most common complaints among the patients attending the emergency departments. Chest pain may result from any health problems related to the heart, lungs, mediastinum, esophagus or stomach. The most common and life-threatening causes of chest pain are cardiac causes. Cardiac chest pain in the elderly might have different characteristics, localization and intensity compared to that seen in younger adults. Other causes of chest pain in older adults include gastroesophageal reflux and motility disorders. Physicians who mainly deal with older patients should know that diseases might present with atypical symptoms in elderly patients.
From Page
23
NaturalLanguageKeyword
Emergency department , emergent management , chest pain , elderly
JournalTitle
Ege Journal Of Medicine
To Page
25
JournalTitle
Ege Journal Of Medicine
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