title: [Differential thoracic pain diagnosis. An internal medicine challenge].
abstract: In the event of chest pain developing, the task of initial evaluation must be either to confirm and treat an acute life-threatening condition, or to exclude it. The diagnosis of a harmless functional disorder can be established only after the exclusion of a number of cardiovascular, pulmonary or gastrointestinal conditions, as also infection or malignancy. Such an approach often requires cooperation with orthopedic surgeons, general surgeons, psychiatrists and also pain specialists.
authors.affiliation: Gotthard-Schettler-Klinik Bad Schönborn. u.staedt@gotthard-schettler-klinik.de
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Staedt
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pfleger
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Haase
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: Differenzialdiagnose des Thoraxschmerzes. Eine internistische Herausforderung.