Population
578 consecutive patients presenting to the emergency department with chest pain
Design
Cohort
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Self-referral links to fewer cardiac diagnoses in ED chest pain; leaves open effects on triage and outcomes.
Cardiac and pulmonary problems are the most frequent causes of acute chest pain in the emergency department, and the referral pattern significantly influences the distribution of disease categories.
Knockaert et al. (2002) studied this question.
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