Differences in risk and costs between prehospital identified low-risk men and women with chest pain.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Prehospital rule-out of non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS) in low-risk patient with a point-of-care troponin measurement reduces healthcare costs with similar safety to standard transfer to the hospital. Risk stratification is performed identical for men and women, despite important differences in clinical presentation, risk factors and age between men and women with NSTE-ACS. Our aim was to compare safety and healthcare costs between men and women in prehospital identified low-risk patients with suspected NSTE-ACS.

Methods

In the Acute Rule-out of non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome in the (pre)hospital setting by HEART (History, ECG, Age, Risk factors and Troponin) score assessment and a single poInt of CAre troponin randomis

SUBMITTER: Aarts GWA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10685936 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature