Short-Term Outcomes and Sex-Based Analysis Following Chest Pain Presentations to Emergency Departments in Western Australia-An AUS-MOCHA Substudy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe emergency department (ED) chest pain presentations and outcomes, and sex-based differences in Western Australia.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort study using linked ED, hospital, morbidity, mortality, and pathology data from the Western Australian Data Linkage System as part of the AUS-MOCHA project. We included the index presentation for adults presenting with non-traumatic chest pain between January 2016 and October 2020. Comorbidities were identified via a 10-year lookback of linked morbidity data. The primary outcome was diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) or all-cause death within 30 days of ED discharge.

Results

The study included 64,404 patients (mean age 54.8 years, 49.2% female). Most presented 'out-of-hours' (62.2%) an

SUBMITTER: Stewart J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12921382 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature