Description of chest pain patients in a Norwegian emergency department
Autor: | Lars Petter Bjørnsen, Jostein Dale, Bjørnar Grenne, Rune Wiseth, Lars Eide Næss-Pleym |
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Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Male Chest Pain medicine.medical_specialty Norwegian 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Chest pain Angina Pectoris Hospitals University 03 medical and health sciences Patient Admission 0302 clinical medicine Cardiac pain medicine Humans In patient 030212 general & internal medicine Myocardial infarction Aged Aged 80 and over Norway business.industry Emergency department Middle Aged Prognosis medicine.disease humanities language.human_language Patient population Emergency medicine language Female Cardiology Service Hospital Triage medicine.symptom Emergency Service Hospital Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business |
Zdroj: | Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal. 53:28-34 |
ISSN: | 1651-2006 1401-7431 |
Popis: | Chest pain is one of the most frequent chief complaints in patients admitted to the emergency department (ED). No study has evaluated this patient population in Norway. The aim of the present study was to describe the diagnoses and logistics of chest pain patients admitted to the ED at a Norwegian university hospital.Data were collected from all patients referred to the ED at St. Olav's Hospital-Trondheim University Hospital in 2015. Patients presenting at the ED with a chief complaint of chest pain based on the Rapid Emergency Triage and Treatment System were included in this study.In the study period, 22,403 patients were admitted to the ED. Chest pain was the second most common chief complaint (11%), only exceeded by acute abdominal pain (18%). Among the chest pain patients, 12% had acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and 37% were diagnosed with non-specific chest pain. Gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, and pulmonary conditions were less common, affecting 6%, 4%, and 4% of the patients, respectively. In total, 90% of the ED chest pain patients were handled by the Clinic of Cardiology.Chest pain was the second most common chief complaint among patients admitted to the ED, and most patients were handled by the Clinic of Cardiology. More than one-third of the patients received a cardiac diagnosis, but the largest group of patients was discharged with a diagnosis of non-specific chest pain. Other conditions managed by non-cardiac medical specialties were less common. |
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