Simon Braumann, Christoph Faber-Zameitat, Sascha Macherey-Meyer, Tobias Tichelbäcker, Max Meertens, Sebastian Heyne, Franz Nießen, Richard Julius Nies, Felix Nettersheim, Hannes Reuter, Roman Pfister, Martin Hellmich, Volker Burst, Stephan Baldus, Samuel Lee, Christoph Adler
BACKGROUND: Acute chest pain (aCP) can be a symptom of life-threatening diseases such as acute coronary or aortic syndrome; however, aCP often is not of cardiac origin. The current recommendations for pre-hospital drug treatment in patients with aCP are unclear. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 822 patients with aCP who were treated by emergency physicians (EP). The causes of aCP were classified as follows: non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS), acute aortic syndrome, hypertensive crisis, cardiac arrhythmia, musculoskeletal causes, and other causes...
April 28, 2023: Deutsches Ärzteblatt International