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Chest pain in the emergency department: incidence, clinical characteristics and risk stratification

Manuel Martínez-Sellés1, Héctor Bueno, Alberto Sacristán

  • 1Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain. mmselles@secardiologia.es

Revista Espanola De Cardiologia
|September 9, 2008
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A simple CPU-65 index can identify patients with chest pain at very low risk. Half of emergency department patients with chest pain had a score of 0, indicating no acute myocardial infarction or death during admission.

Area of Science:

  • Emergency Medicine
  • Cardiology
  • Clinical Risk Stratification

Background:

  • Chest pain is a frequent emergency department complaint with variable management.
  • Risk stratification is crucial for efficient chest pain evaluation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To characterize emergency department patients presenting with nontraumatic chest pain.
  • To assess the utility of the CPU-65 index for risk stratification in these patients.

Main Methods:

  • Prospective registry of 1518 patients with nontraumatic chest pain.
  • Data collection included patient demographics, pain characteristics, and diagnostic tests.
  • The CPU-65 index (Comorbid diabetes, typical Pain, Use of aspirin, age ≥65 years) was calculated.

Main Results:

  • 909 patients (59.9%) had nonischemic chest pain, 239 (15.7%) had ischemic pain.
  • Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) occurred in 6.5% of patients; 0.5% died during admission.
  • A CPU-65 index score of 0 was observed in 50% of patients, with no associated AMI or mortality.

Conclusions:

  • The CPU-65 index effectively identifies a significant proportion of chest pain patients at very low risk.
  • This index can aid in streamlining emergency department workflows for chest pain evaluation.
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