Why the study?
Does the severity of chest pain predict the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in an out-of-hospital emergency setting?
Population
234 patients with chest pain taken to hospital by a mobile intensive care unit in an out-of-hospital…
Comparison
Severe chest pain on EMS arrival vs Non-severe chest pain
Design
Cohort
Authors
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Severe pain does not distinguish AMI on EMS arrival; Level 3 data leave open refined pain-based prehospital triage in prospective studies.
Does the severity of chest pain predict the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in an out-of-hospital emergency setting?
In an out-of-hospital emergency setting, the severity of chest pain is not a reliable diagnostic criterion for acute myocardial infarction.
Galinski et al. (2014) studied this question.
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