Salena M Preciado, Adam L Sharp, Benjamin C Sun, Aileen Baecker, Yi-Lin Wu, Ming-Sum Lee, Ernest Shen, Maros Ferencik, Shaw Natsui, Aniket A Kawatkar, Stacy J Park, Rita F Redberg
STUDY OBJECTIVE: We compare clinical management and outcomes of emergency department (ED) encounters by sex after implementation of a clinical care pathway in 15 community EDs that standardized recommendations based on patient risk, using the History, ECG, Age, Risk Factors, and Troponin (HEART) score. METHODS: This was a retrospective analysis of adult ED encounters evaluated for suspected acute coronary syndrome with a documented HEART score from May 20, 2016, to December 1, 2017...
December 21, 2020: Annals of Emergency Medicine