title: Chest pain triage: Current trends in the emergency departments in the United States.
abstract: Chest pain is one of the most common complaints in the emergency department (ED). Over the past decade, there has been a significant shift in the approach to patients with chest pain in the ED. With the development of improved cardiac biomarkers, the validation of clinical scoring systems, and an increasing emphasis on shared patient medical decision making, increasing numbers of patients in the ED are being evaluated without requiring admission to the hospital.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 619 19th St. S., Birmingham, AL, 35233, USA. matthewcdelaney@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Matthew C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: DeLaney
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 619 19th St. S., Birmingham, AL, 35233, USA.
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Neth
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 619 19th St. S., Birmingham, AL, 35233, USA.
authors.forename: Jared J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D002637:Chest Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D000072226:Computed Tomography Angiography; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D014218:Triage; D014481:United States
keywords: Chest pain triage; acute coronary syndrome; computed tomography angiography; emergency department; myocardial ischemia; myocardial perfusion imaging; stress testing