Chest Pain in Children

Chest pain is one of the most common reasons for admission to emergency department, pediatrics and pediatric cardiology clinics in childhood. While not usually caused by a serious cause, it can be concern patient their parents. Clinicians should inform family benign nature chest pain, unless they consider an important underlying cause. Routine referral these patients department recommended, as increases anxiety may cause unnecessary evaluation. occur at any age, but its incidence after 10 years age. The frequent causes are costochondritis, wall muscle due trauma or strain respiratory tract diseases. Cardiac rare with prevalence less than 6% further diagnostic studies does always necessary.