For the 7-item history questions, responses to the questions related to cough, shortness of breath and wheezing were classified as positive if the respondent answered ‘almost every day’ or ‘several ...

When a child complains about chest pain, it’s easy for parents to panic and assume it’s a heart problem or pneumonia. But it’s much more likely to be something less serious like costochondritis or ...

This story is produced and presented by our advertiser Nemours. Fainting episodes, irregular heartbeats, chest pain – these are symptoms that seem scary for parents and children alike. In most cases, ...

Boston, Mass. —Employing a unique quality improvement methodology, called Standardized Clinical Assessment and Management Plans (SCAMPs), physicians have demonstrated that chest pain in children, ...

KNOXVILLE (WATE) – Along with Valentine’s Day, February marks American Heart Month, which is a great time to talk about heart health. Adults are not the only ones who complain frequently of chest ...

Is pneumonia just a bad cold? Do all children need antibiotics or hospital admission? A pulmonologist busts common pneumonia ...

Chest pain in children usually has a benign etiology. Most patients will have a normal physical exam or findings consistent with a musculoskeletal origin (e.g., chest-wall tenderness); these patients ...

Q: My 6-year-old son has recently begun to tell me that he feels his heart tingle. When I ask more about it, he says it's when he's nervous, excited, worried or about to "attack" the girls clubhouse ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In children exposed to tuberculosis, chest radiography helped in detecting asymptomatic coprevalent TB and ...