Abstract:Background: Patients with chest pain represent a large portion of emergency department (ED) presentations around the world. Accurate risk assessment to rule out acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is required. Aim: To measure accuracy and characteristics of ED doctors and nurses when assessing patients for suspected ACS and the associations with outcome. Methods: A sub-analysis of a large randomised trial that compared high-sensitivity troponin to conventional troponin was carried out. Both nurses and doctors conduc… Show more
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