Key result
Acute coronary syndrome accounts for ~12% of emergency department chest pain admissions.
Why the study?
Chest pain is among the most frequent chief complaints in ED patients, but this patient population had not been evaluated in Norway.
Population
Patients presenting to the ED with chest pain at a Norwegian university hospital in 2015
Design
Observational cohort study
Authors
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Non-specific chest pain predominates in Norwegian ED visits; leaves open optimal triage and resource allocation strategies.
Observational (n=22,403)
No
Chest pain is a major reason for ED admission in Norway, with non-specific chest pain being the most common diagnosis, though the vast majority are managed by cardiology.
Bjørnsen et al. (2019) conducted an observational in Chest pain (n=22,403). Among patients admitted to a Norwegian emergency department with chest pain, 37% were diagnosed with non-specific chest pain and 12% with acute coronary syndrome.
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