Chest pain risk scores can reduce emergent cardiac imaging test needs with low major adverse cardiac events occurrence in an emergency department observation unit

Critical Pathways in Cardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 145-151

  Wang, Hao ^a   Watson, Katherine ^a   Robinson, Richard D ^a   Domanski, Kristina H ^a,b   Umejiego, Johnbosco ^a   Hamblin, Layton ^a   Overstreet, Sterling E ^c   Akin, Amanda M ^d   Hoang, Steven ^e   Shrivastav, Meena ^a   Collyer, Michael ^a   Krech, Ryan N ^a   Schrader, Chet D ^a   Zenarosa, Nestor R ^a  

^a John Peter Smith Health Network   (United States)

^b PARKLAND HEALTH AND HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Texas Health Huguley Hospital   (United States)

^e University of North Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac imaging test; Chest pain; Emergency department observation unit; GRACE; HEART; TIMI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CARDIAC IMAGING; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; EMERGENT CARDIAC IMAGING TEST; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW RISK PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATION UNIT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; THORAX PAIN; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CHEST PAIN; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEXAS; TIME FACTOR; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEXAS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84996605309     PISSN: 1535282X     EISSN: 15352811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HPC.0000000000000090     Document Type: Article

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