Evaluation of a clinical decision rule for young adult patients with chest pain

RJ Marsan Jr, KJ Shaver, KL Sease… - Academic …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives: The authors sought to validate a clinical decision rule that young adult (younger
than 40 years) chest pain patients without known cardiac disease who had either no cardiac …

Characteristics and outcomes of young adults who present to the emergency department with chest pain

NJ Walker, FD Sites, FS Shofer… - Academic emergency …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Most studies of emergency department (ED) chest pain patients exclude
patients< 30‐40 years old. As a result, the clinical course of these patients is poorly …

Young patients with chest pain: 1-year outcomes

MJ Collin, B Weisenthal, KM Walsh… - The American journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Prior studies found that young adult chest pain patients without known cardiac
disease with either no cardiac risk factors or a normal electrocardiogram (ECG) are at low …

A retrospective external validation study of the HEART score among patients presenting to the emergency department with chest pain

MJ Streitz, JJ Oliver, JM Hyams, RM Wood… - Internal and emergency …, 2018 - Springer
Emergency physicians must be able to effectively prognosticate outcomes for patients
presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) with chest pain. The HEART score offers a …

Is the initial diagnostic impression of “noncardiac chest pain” adequate to exclude cardiac disease?

CD Miller, CJ Lindsell, S Khandelwal… - Annals of emergency …, 2004 - Elsevier
STUDY OBJECTIVE: In patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with an initial
diagnostic impression of noncardiac chest pain, we determine the 30-day incidence of …

Low-risk patients with chest pain and without evidence of myocardial infarction may be safely discharged from emergency department

H Koukkunen, K Pyörälä, MO Halinen - European heart journal, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Aims This study is an audit of the risk stratification of patients admitted to a university hospital
emergency department with a suspected acute coronary syndrome (ACS). The main aim of …

The role of primary care physician and cardiologist follow-up for low-risk patients with chest pain after emergency department assessment

A Czarnecki, JT Wang, JV Tu, DS Lee, MJ Schull… - American heart …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Chest pain is one of the most common reasons for presentation to the
emergency department (ED); however, there is a paucity of data evaluating the impact of …

Risk scores for patients with chest pain: evaluation in the emergency department

BE Backus, AJ Six, JH Kelder… - Current cardiology …, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com
Chest pain is a common reason for presentation to the emergency department (ED).
Absolute criteria for Acute Coronary Syndrome without ST elevation (NSTE-ACS) are …

Pitfalls in evaluating the low-risk chest pain patient

ID Jones, CM Slovis - Emergency Medicine Clinics, 2010 - emed.theclinics.com
One of the most common causes of patients visiting an emergency department (ED) is a
chief complaint of chest pain. Nationwide, more than 6 million ED visits a year involve …

The objective CORE score allows early rule out in acute chest pain patients

C Borna, K Kollberg, D Larsson… - Scandinavian …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives. Chest pain is a common complaint in the emergency department (ED), and it is a
challenge to identify low-risk chest pain patients eligible for early discharge. We aimed to …