A patient reports chest pain.The nurse is attempting to assess the pain to differentiate the pain as cardiac,respiratory,or gastrointestinal.The nurse can properly identify the pain as cardiac in origin when the patient states that the cardiac pain:

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Cardiac pain does not occur with respiratory variations.Cardiac chest pain is most often substernal and radiates to the left arm and jaw in men,but some women have epigastric pain,complaints of indigestion,or a choking feeling and dyspnea.Pericardial pain results from an inflammation of the pericardial sac and is usually nonradiating and often occurs with inspiration.Pleuritic chest pain is peripheral and usually radiates to the scapular region.Inspiratory maneuvers aggravate pleuritic chest pain.

A Patient Reports Chest Pain