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September 5, 2010Rural and Remote HealthOpen Access

Referral patterns of patients presenting with chest pain at two rural emergency departments in Western Australia

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Population

115 patients presenting with chest pain to two rural emergency departments in Western Australia, mean age 58…

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Authors

BBBritt M. BlokkerDSM (Netherlands)JJjohan janssenEBEd van BeeckErasmus MC

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Overview

Troponin-T positivity may guide rural transfer decisions more than ST-elevation; leaves open prospective validation of revised criteria.

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Population
115 patients (≥18 years old) presenting with chest pain to two rural emergency departments in Western Australia, mean age 58 years, 57% men. Excluded if chest pain was accompanied or precipitated by significant comorbidity.
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Outcome
Patient factors associated with referral/transfer to advanced cardiac care at metropolitan level

In rural Western Australia, elevated peak troponin-T is the primary independent driver for transferring chest pain patients to metropolitan centers for advanced cardiac care, while ST-elevation is surprisingly not an independent predictor.

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Blokker et al. (2010) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a87e62e06b1cb81386c8a8ehttps://doi.org/10.22605/rrh1558
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