HEART score in chronic chest pain
I'm sure we all have them. The high HEART score patient with chronic chest pain who comes back every 2-3 days. I'm curious how you handle them as I got into a fight with one of my PAs who was angry I wouldn't admit the HEART score 5 chronic chest painer with 3 admissions already this month.
I usually document "Patient has chronic chest pain, and this is unchanged from baseline. Workup shows no evidence of acute ischemia".
Some of my colleagues admit these every single time and don't...
HEART score in chronic chest pain
Source: Student Doctor Network - Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: GeneralVeers Tags: Emergency Medicine Source Type: forums
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