Triage of Chest Pain Patients in the Emergency Department
C. Richard Conti
Abstract
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C. Richard Conti
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Abstract magnified image When patients are seen in the emergency department with chest pain, the emergency department (ED) physician must decide whether or not the symptoms are due to myocardial ischemia or something else. The concern is that the patient may be evolving an acute coronary syndrome. Copyright © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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Abstract magnified image When patients are seen in the emergency department with chest pain, the emergency department (ED) physician must decide whether or not the symptoms are due to myocardial ischemia or something else. The concern is that the patient may be evolving an acute coronary syndrome. Copyright © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Key concepts: Medicine, Emergency department, Triage, Chest pain, Acute coronary syndrome, Medical emergency, Emergency medicine, Myocardial ischemia