Cost and outcomes of assessing patients with chest pain in an Australian emergency department.

Autor: Cullen, Louise, Greensiade, Jaimi, Merollini, Katharina, Graves, Nicholas, Hammett, Christopher JK, Hawkins, Tracey, Than, Martin P., Brown, Anthony FT, Huang, Christopher B., Panah, Seyed E., Dalton, Emily, Parsonage, William A.
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Zdroj: Medical Journal of Australia; 5/4/2015, Vol. 202 Issue 8, p427-432, 6p
Abstrakt: The article presents the study that characterise the demographics, length of admission, final diagnoses, long-term outcome and costs associated with the population who presented to an Australian emergency department (ED) with symptoms of possible acute coronary syndrome (ACS). It concludes that ED patients with symptoms of possible ACS do not have a cardiac cause for their presentation. The current guideline-based process of assessment is lengthy, costly and consumes significant resources.
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