Comparison of clinical risk scores for triaging high-risk chest pain patients at the emergency department

Many of the clinical risk scores routinely used for chest pain assessment have not been validated in patients at high risk for acute coronary syndrome (ACS). We performed an independent comparison of HEART, TIMI, GRACE, FRISC, and PURSUIT scores for identifying chest pain due to ACS and for predicting 30-day death or re-infarction in patients arriving through Emergency Medical Services (EMS).

Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - June 8, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Salah S. Al-Zaiti, Ziad Faramand, Mohammad Alrawashdeh, Susan M. Sereika, Christian Martin-Gill, Clifton Callaway Source Type: research