TY - JOUR JF - MJIRI JO - Med J Islam Repub Iran VL - 2 IS - 2 PY - 1988 Y1 - 1988/8/01 TI - CHEST PAIN IN CHILDREN A PROSPECTIVE STUDY TT - N2 - Thirty five children with a primary complaint of chest pain were prospectively studied. The average age was 9.7 years for boys and 8. 9 years for girls 60% were male. The most frequently diagnosed cause was psychogenic (54.2%). Forty percent of the patients were classified as having idiopathic chest pain. Precordial pain was encountered in 2. 9%), along with costochondritis and mitral valve prolapse. It is concluded that chest pain in children is a relatively benign symptom which is infrequently associated with a serious underlying organic condition extensive laboratory investigations are not required. Psychogenic chest pain is a prevalent problem that commonly causes considerable anxiety in children and their families. SP - 127 EP - 129 AU - GHARIB, REZA AD - From The Department of Pediatrics, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, I.R. Iran UR - http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/article-1-1266-en.html ER -