Role of HEART score in evaluating clinical outcomes among emergency department patients with different ethnicities.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We aimed to examine the role of the HEART (history, EKG, age, risk factors, and troponin) score in the evaluation of six clinical outcomes among three groups of patients in the emergency department (ED).

Methods

We performed a retrospective observational study among three ED patient groups including White, Black, and Hispanic patients. ED providers used the HEART score to assess the need for patient hospital admission and for emergent cardiac imaging tests (CITs). HEART scores were measured using classification accuracy rates. Performance accuracies were measured in terms of HEART score in relation to four clinical outcomes (positive findings of CITs, ED returns, hospital readmissions, and 30-day major adverse cardiac events [MACE]).

Results

A high classific

SUBMITTER: Meyering SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8113935 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature