Emergency rooms are often overcrowded, urgent care centers are readily available, and primary care doctors can be booked weeks in advance.

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Patients with chest pain who have a sedentary lifestyle are at higher risk for more heart problems and death within the year following hospitalization.

Point-of-care ultrasound performed by emergency physicians provides immediate bedside imaging that can identify various causes of chest pain, including heart, lung, and aortic abnormalities.

According to another 2018 study, in 30% to 40% of patients seen in the emergency room for low-risk chest pain, anxiety is the cause.

Box 2 Functional somatic syndromes by medical speciality Cardiology – non-cardiac chest pain, benign palpitation Gastroenterology – irritable bowel syndrome, non-ulcer dyspepsia Rheumatology – ...