CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH TYPICAL AND ATYPICAL CHEST PAIN IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT: A CLINICAL AUDIT

ABSTRACT Objective:To determine and compare the frequency, clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients reporting in Emergency Department of AFIC& NIHD with typical and atypical chest pain. The most common diagnosis of typical chest patients were acute myocardial infarction 80(37.9%) with s...

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Published in:Pakistan Armed Forces medical journal 2017-04 (2), p.S174
Main Authors: Tuyyab, Farhan, Khadim, Rehana, Saif, Sadia, Kaleem, Fauzia, Alam, Urooj, Makhdoom, Kaneez Fatima, Abbas, Safdar, Khalid, Sabah
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acute coronary syndromes
Age
Angina pectoris
Cardiology
Cardiovascular disease
Chest pain
Coronary vessels
Data collection
Development and progression
Diabetes
Emergency medical care
Emergency services
Family medical history
Heart attacks
Heart diseases
Hospital emergency services
Hypertension
Ischemia
Medical imaging
Pain
Physicians
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Summary:ABSTRACT Objective:To determine and compare the frequency, clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients reporting in Emergency Department of AFIC& NIHD with typical and atypical chest pain. The most common diagnosis of typical chest patients were acute myocardial infarction 80(37.9%) with statistically significant p value (p
ISSN:0030-9648
2411-8842