Evaluation and management of patients with acute chest pain in China (EMPACT): protocol for a prospective, multicentre registry study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Acute chest pain represents a major healthcare burden in emergency departments (ED) throughout the world. Among these patients, rapidly determining whether an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is evolving remains difficult. In China, there are limited data correlating the baseline characteristics, evaluation and management of ED patients with acute chest pain and ACS-related symptoms with clinical outcomes. Nor has there been an evaluation of outcomes at different levels of hospitals. The Evaluation and Management of Patients with Acute ChesT pain in China (EMPACT) study will address this evidence gap through a regional representative prospective registry.

Methods and analysis

Twenty-two public hospitals with ED in Shandong province have been selected based on a str

SUBMITTER: Zheng W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5786136 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature