background: aging has a growing trend in the world. the elderly experience a high incidence of hospitalization and coronary bypass surgery compared with other age groups, and pain is the most common complaint in these patients. this research was conducted to compare the effect of acupressure and cryotherapy on the pain of removing drain tube from the chest of the elderly who have undergone open...

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 val...

introduction : although many protocols are available in the field of the prehospital medical care (pmc), there is still a notable gap between protocol based directions and applied clinical practice. this study measures the rate of protocol adherence in pmc provided for patients with chest pain and loss of consciousness (loc). method : in this cross-sectional study, 10 educated research assistan...

cause?as he is not aware of having strained himself in any way, though constantly in the habit of lifting heavy weights into his cart,?the patient first felt pain in his left arm and hand, the fingers were numb and tingling. The pain, which was rheumatic in character, soon extended to the left shoulder and clavicle. This pain was much increased on making any exertion, and he was compelled to gi...

BACKGROUND Gastrointestinal (GI) disease is one of the leading aetiologies of chest pain in a primary care setting. The aims of the study are to describe clinical characteristics of GI disease causing chest pain and to provide criteria for clinical diagnosis. METHODS We included 1212 consecutive patients with chest pain aged 35 years and older attending 74 general practitioners (GPs). GPs rec...

A 45-year-old ex-smoker male presented with gradual onset of left side dull-aching chest pain for 1 year. He developed gradual onset of dyspnea and dry cough for 6 months. He also suffered from the loss of appetite and weight. He worked as a driver and was also involved in loading and unloading of cement bags. Physical examination revealed clubbing, decreased chest movements, dull note on percu...

INTRODUCTION The association of chest pain versus dyspnea with demographics, coronary angiographic findings, and outcomes of patients undergoing coronary angiography is unknown. MATERIAL AND METHODS We studied 1,053 patients who had coronary angiography to investigate the association of chest pain versus dyspnea with demographics, coronary angiographic findings, and outcomes. RESULTS Of 1,0...

Capecitabine, an oral prodrug of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), is approved for early-stage and advanced colorectal cancer and metastatic breast cancer. Cardiotoxicity of 5-FU is well described in the literature. However, cardiac adverse effects of capecitabine are poorly described. We report a case of coronary vasospasm induced by capecitabine. A 41-year-old female with metastatic breast cancer presen...

Figure 1. Radiograph of left-sided pneumo-hydrothorax, where the black arrowhead indicates the hydrothorax and the white arrow indicates the pneumothorax. A 66-year-old Caucasian male with no past medical history presented to the emergency department (ED) complaining of severe retrosternal pain, which began immediately prior to arrival following an episode of vomiting. The patient had symptoms ...