Early emergency department discharge for intermediate heart score patients presenting for chest pain.

ABSTRACT:

Study objective

The use of the HEART score to risk stratify patients for short-term major adverse cardiac events in the emergency department (ED) setting is well established. Although discharge to home for low-risk HEART score patients is widely accepted as safe practice, there are limited outcomes data on moderate-risk HEART score patients discharged to home. We investigated the safety of discharging moderate-risk HEART score patients to home from the ED with established early cardiology follow-up.

Methods

We performed a retrospective cohort analysis of patients presenting to the ED with chest pain from April 2020 through December 2020. Patients were evaluated in the ED and underwent serial conventional troponin testing and electrocardiogram (ECG). Clinicians calculated a H

SUBMITTER: Pawlikowski A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10492236 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature