The impact of chest pain center on treatment delay of STEMI patients: a time series study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To study the effect of the establishment of a Chest Pain Center (CPC) on the treatment delay of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients and the influencing factors of treatment delay in a large hospital in China.

Methods

The study subjects are 318 STEMI patients admitted between August 2016 and July 2019 to a large general hospital in Henan, China. Data were extracted from the electronic medical records after removing personal identifiable information. The interrupted time series regression was used to analyze the treatment delay of patients before and after the CPC establishment.

Results

After the CPC establishment, the patients' pre-hospital and in-hospital treatment delays were significantly reduced. SO-to-FMC (Symptom Onset to First Medical C

SUBMITTER: Sun X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8571845 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature