Symptom Trajectories After an Emergency Department Visit for Potential Acute Coronary Syndrome.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many patients evaluated for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in emergency departments (EDs) continue to experience troubling symptoms after discharge-regardless of their ultimate medical diagnosis. However, comprehensive understanding of common post-ED symptom trajectories is lacking.

Objectives

The aim of this study was to identify common trajectories of symptom severity in the 6 months after an ED visit for potential ACS.

Methods

This was a secondary analysis of data from a larger observational, prospective study conducted in five U.S. EDs. Patients (N = 1005) who had electrocardiogram and biomarker testing ordered, and were identified by the triage nurse as potentially having ACS, were enrolled. Symptom severity was assessed in the hospital after initial st

SUBMITTER: Knight EP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4930007 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature