Emergency Department Presentations of Acute Cardiac Ischemia
Year: 2003
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: In the United States, the leading cause of death is acute myocardial infarction (AMI) with as many as 1.1 million patients having MIs annually (1), about half of whom come to emergency departments (EDs). In addition, nearly twice as many patients come to EDs with unstable angina pectoris (UAP). A confirmed diagnosis of the same will be found in only 25% of patients who present to the ED with symptoms suggestive of acute cardiac ischemia (ACI) (2). Fortunately, the missed diagnosis rate for AMI and UAP in this setting is about 2% each (3). Clinicians have the task of identifying, treating, and hospitalizing (in the appropriate unit) those patients with true ACI, to avoid filling hospital telemetry, stepdown units, and coronary care units (CCUs) with the large majority of patients who do not have ACI.
Source: Humana Press eBooks
Authors: J. Hector Pope, Harry P. Selker
Language: English
Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W80725536