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Costochondritis Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment
Chest pain near the sternum (breastbone) is the primary symptom. It is sometimes severe enough for people to seek emergency care because it can mimic a heart attack. The cause of costochondritis ...
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‘I’m a doctor - these are three common causes of chest pain and when to see your GP’
Dr Sooj revealed that costochondritis is one cause of chest pain. It is an inflammation of the cartilage that connects your ribs to your breastbone.
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Frequency of rib and sternum fractures associated with out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation is underestimated by conventional chest X-ray.
OBJECTIVE: Fractured ribs and sternum are frequent complications of thoracic compression during CPR in adults. This study was conducted to determine whether findings of plain chest radiography ...