Self-referral to chest pain units: results of the German CPU-registry
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Chest pain evaluation units
Chest pain is a common cause of accident and emergency (A&E) presentation. In the United States, it accounts for 5–6% of new emergency department attendances. 2 The principal challenge in these patients is to identify those with an acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Early diagnosis allows eVective treatment and inadvertent discharge may have disastrous consequences for patient and doctor: in the Un...
متن کاملDefining the role of chest pain units.
Safe, cost-effective management of patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) because of chest pain compatible with myocardial ischemia continues to present a major clinical challenge. Current standards mandate rapid institution of proven therapy for reduction of mortality and morbidity in patients with acute coronary syndromes. However, in most patients presenting to the ED with ches...
متن کامل[Chest pain units and emergency departments].
As emerges from the articles by Drs. Pastor et al1 and Sanchís et al,2 it seems that, fortunately, chest pain units (CPU) have begun to get interesting results from the patient care point of view. Thus, the fact that approximately 80% of low-risk patients with chest pain can be discharged with safety from hospital emergency departments (HED) within 24 hours, following performance of ergometry, ...
متن کاملWhat future for chest pain observation units?
Patients with new or worsening chest pain suggesting acute coronary syndromes need treating as an emergency. Rapid assessment is crucial but diYcult. Patients with acute chest pain now represent 20% or 30% of all emergency medical admissions, yet less than one third of these will have acute coronary syndromes (acute myocardial infarction or unstable angina). The majority thus do not have signif...
متن کاملChest pain units: a modern way of managing patients with chest pain in the emergency department.
It is estimated that 5 to 8 million individuals with chest pain or other symptoms suggestive of myocardial ischemia are seen each year in emergency departments (ED) in the United States 1,2, which corresponds to 5 to 10% of all visits 3,4. Most of these patients are hospitalized for evaluation of possible acute coronary syndrome (ACS). This generates an estimated cost of 3 - 6 thousand dollars ...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2048-8726,2048-8734
DOI: 10.1177/2048872612463542