55 patients, who admitted during three month to ccu ward of one academic hospital, participated in this study. 80% of these patients had delay to report of their chest pain and 4% of them had complete failure to report it. reasons for didn’t report of pain and its signs were unawareness of nurse and physician about problem that is occurring and unawareness of patient about need to saying this p...

introduction: chest pain is a common compliant in children and adolescents visiting the clinic. we assess and analyze the etiology of chest pain among children referred a pediatric cardiology clinic in cardiac center in south west of iran.materials and methods: we assessed children with chest pain who visited our medical center during march 2013 to april 2014. any case of trauma associated ches...

hydropneumothorax denotes concurrent presence of pneumothorax and hydrothorax in the pleural space, which can be a fatal situation. in this study, we presented the case of a 35-year-old male with history of progressive pleuritic chest pain 30 days before admission with idiopathic hydropneumothorax and spontaneous pneumomediastinum

introduction: psychological symptoms of non-cardiac chest pain (nccp) including perceptual, emotional, and behavioral problems can effect patient perception of chest pain. this study was conducted to determine the effect of metaphor therapy on mitigating depression, anxiety, stress, and pain discomfort in patients with nccp. materials and methods: this randomized, controlled, trial was conducte...

most of the patients imagine that chest pain is not sign of heart attack. but, may be pain is not sign of heart attack. pain source may be from pulmonary, stomach, intestinal, psychologic or musculoskeletal problems. from these factors, when two or more factors combine to each other, similar signs are happen. all of these factors harden diagnosis of chest pain reason. only with separation of pe...

background:   athletes present a different category of the population. trivial complaints may mask more serious illness, especially when the athlete is undergoing intensive training, and the function of his immune system may be sub-optimal . case presentation:   a triathlete presented a few days after completing an ironman race, complaining of lethargy, pleuritic chest pain and loss of appetite...

background: myocardial infarction is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in industrialized countries. platelet count and the mean platelet volume (mpv), a simple and reliable indicator of platelet size which correlates with platelet activation, might associate with troponin in acute chest pain. methods: we analyzed mpv of 851 patients who were admitted to rasoul-e-akram hospital with acu...

background physical and psychological factors affect one another in patients presenting with non-cardiac chest pain. studying the psychological components of these patients may improve their treatment process. objectives to compare depression, anxiety, and stress severity between mild and severe chest pain in patients with non-cardiac chest pain. patients and methods a cross-sectional design wa...