Chest pain: The most common causes of chest pain in primary care practice include musculoskeletal and gastrointestinal causes, followed by cardiac, psychiatric, pulmonary, and other causes. Any patient with a recent onset of chest pain who may be potentially unstable based upon history, appearance, or vital signs, should be transported immediately to an emergency department. Heart attack needs to be ruled-out
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