Chest Pain A Leading Reason For Hospital Emergency Department Visits

Chest pain that does not appear to be a heart attack when examined in hospital emergency departments, accounted for 1.6 million visits in 23 selected states in 2005, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. About one-fifth of the cases - 345,000 people - were admitted to hospitals for observation or treatment. “Non-specific” chest pain was the fourth most common cause of emergency visits. The top three: sprains and strains (2.

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