EVALUATION AND RISK STRATIFICATION OF PATIENTS WITH CHEST PAIN IN THEEMERGENCY DEPARTMENT - PREDICTORS OF LIFE-THREATENING EVENTS

Authors
ZALENSKI RJ SHAMSA F PEDE KJ
Citation
Rj. Zalenski et al., EVALUATION AND RISK STRATIFICATION OF PATIENTS WITH CHEST PAIN IN THEEMERGENCY DEPARTMENT - PREDICTORS OF LIFE-THREATENING EVENTS, Emergency medicine clinics of North America, 16(3), 1998, pp. 495
Citations number
67
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
Emergency medicine clinics of North America → ACNP
ISSN journal
07338627
Volume
16
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0733-8627(1998)16:3<495:EARSOP>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
While assessing chest pain in the emergency department, physicians mus t first estimate the probability of acute ischemic states in the patie nt. This first estimate is based on the patient's history physical exa mination, and electrocardiogram. Patients who meet the threshold for a cute cardiac ischemia are further evaluated to confirm or exclude this diagnosis, while other life-threatening factors are excluded.