Quick identification of acute chest pain patients study (QICS)

Quick identification of acute chest pain patients study (QICS)

BACKGROUND Patients with acute chest pain are often referred to the emergency ward and extensively investigated. Investigations are costly and could induce unnecessary complications, especially with invasive diagnostics. Nevertheless, chest pain patients have high mortalities. Fast identification of high-risk patients is crucial. Therefore several strategies have been developed including specif...

Acute chest pain and paraparesis.

Acute and Chronic Chest Pain

1. To understand the differential diagnosis of chest pain requiring cardiac surgical consultation. 2. To understand the physiology of and rationality for medical treatment of ischemic coronary artery disease. 3. To differentiate acute aortic dissection from myocardial infarction in the emergency setting. 4. To understand initial stabilization of the patient with aortic dissection. 5. To recogni...

CHEST PAIN IN CHILDREN A PROSPECTIVE STUDY

Thirty five children with a primary complaint of chest pain were prospectively studied. The average age was 9.7 years for boys and 8. 9 years for girls 60% were male. The most frequently diagnosed cause was psychogenic (54.2%). Forty percent of the patients were classified as having idiopathic chest pain. Precordial pain was encountered in 2. 9%), along with costochondritis and mitral val...

GDF-15 predicts cardiovascular events in acute chest pain patients

BACKGROUND Treatment of patients presenting with possible acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is based on timely diagnosis and proper risk stratification aided by biomarkers. We aimed at evaluating the predictive value of GDF-15 in patients presenting with symptoms suggestive of AMI. METHODS Consecutive patients presenting with suspected AMI were enrolled in three study centers. Cardiovascular ...