Abstract
Cardiac pain, see Chap. 4, Section 2.
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Constitutional tachycardia
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Labile autonomic nervous system
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Recovery phase from infections
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Lack of exercise
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Coffee, tea, or nicotine abuse
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Anemia
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Incubation period of infectious diseases
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Myocarditis
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Heart failure
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Poisoning
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Hyperthyroidism
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Pheochromocytoma
Whereas in an adult a heart rate > 100/min is considered to be tachycardia and < 60/min to be bradycardia, in a child one has to know the normal rate at rest and its range for the appropriate age group in order to recognize a pathologic heart rate.
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Ewerbeck, H. (1980). Cardiac Manifestations. In: Differential Diagnosis in Pediatrics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-6074-5_8
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