Introduction Chest pain is one of the most common reasons for contacting the emergency
medical services (EMS). About 15% of these chest pain patients have a high-risk condition …

Objectives To describe contemporary characteristics and diagnoses in prehospital patients
with chest pain and to identify factors suitable for the early recognition of high-risk and low …

Objectives To develop emergency medical dispatch (EMD) centre prediction models with
high sensitivity and satisfying specificity to identify high-priority patients and patients suitable …

Objectives The History, ECG, Age, Risk Factors and Troponin (HEART) Score is a decision
support tool applied by physicians in the emergency department developed to risk stratify …

Objectives: Current guidelines emphasize that emergency department (ED) patients at low
risk for potential ischemic chest pain cannot be discharged without extensive investigations …

Background Emergency medical services (EMS) assesses millions of patients with chest
pain each year. However, tools validated to risk stratify patients for acute coronary syndrome …

Chest pain is the second leading cause of all emergency department (ED) visits in adults in
the United States, with nearly 11 million encounters yearly. While identifying low-risk …

Chest pain is the second commonest chief complaint presenting to US emergency
departments (ED), accounting for 5.2% of visits in 1996 equal to 5 million people. 25, 75 …

Methods: A prospective diagnostic accuracy study was conducted on consecutive patients
24 years of age and older presenting to the ED with the chief complaint of acute chest pain …

Aims Existing risk scores for undifferentiated chest pain focus on excluding coronary events
and do not represent a comprehensive risk assessment if an alternate serious diagnosis is …