Assessment of the patient with chest pain in the accident and emergency department.
This article will review measures enabling emergency staff to identify patients with chest pain who are likely to need admission to a cardiac care unit, in particular those with manifestations of acute ischaemic heart disease--acute myocardial infarction and unstable angina. Other non-cardiac causes of chest pain will also be discussed.
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Evidence Supported Medicine Union, Birmingham, UK.
D002637:Chest Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000451:nursing; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D016529:Emergency Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010343:Patient Admission; D013997:Time Factors