Severity of diagnosis among patients with chest pain presenting to the emergency department after calling a nurse line

A Nurse Line (NL) is a resource that is commonly used by patients and hospitals to assist in the triage of patient medical complaints. We sought to determine whether patients with chief complaint of chest pain who presented to the ED after calling a NL were different from patients who presented directly to the ED. The primary aim was to test for differences in the severity of the causes of chest pain between the two groups.
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Source Type: research