Search for dissertations about: "unexplained chest pain"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words unexplained chest pain.

2. 1. Unexplained chest pain in men and women - symptom perception and outcome

   Author : Annika Janson Fagring; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : Chest pain; unexplained chest pain; gender; daily life; psychosocial factors; stress; healthrelated quality of life;

   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

4. 2. Patients with unexplained chest pain ? Pain experience, stress, coping and health-related quality of life

   Author : Margaretha Jerlock; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : chest pain; coping; illness; life events; nursing; quality of life; sleep; stress symptom;

   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