Search for dissertations about: "unexplained chest pain"
Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words unexplained chest pain.
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1. Unexplained chest pain in men and women - symptom perception and outcome
Abstract : Patients with chest pain account for a large number of all patients seeking health care. The majority of these patients are referred to emergency departments (ED) and many of them are given a discharge diagnosis of unexplained chest pain (UCP). Our knowledge of this increasing number of patients with UCP is limited. READ MORE
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2. Patients with unexplained chest pain ? Pain experience, stress, coping and health-related quality of life
Abstract : Chest pain is a common symptom that causes individuals to seek acute care at emergency departments; however, more than half of these patients are judged to have no organic cause to their pain. In Sweden, the number of patients discharged from hospital with a diagnosis of unexplained chest pain (UCP) has increased from 8,432 in 1987 to 17,555 in 2005. READ MORE