Improved Assessment of Chest pain Trial (IMPACT): assessing patients with possible acute coronary syndromes

Objective: To examine the safety and efficacy of the Improved Assessment of Chest pain Trial (IMPACT) protocol, a strategy for accelerated assessment of patients presenting to emergency departments (EDs) with chest pain. Design, setting and participants: IMPACT was an intervention trial at a single...

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Published in:	Medical journal of Australia Vol. 207; no. 5; pp. 195 - 200
Main Authors:	Cullen, Louise, Greenslade, Jaimi H, Hawkins, Tracey, Hammett, Chris, O'Kane, Shanen, Ryan, Kimberley, Parker, Kate, Schluter, Jessica, Dalton, Emily, Brown, Anthony FT, Than, Martin, Peacock, W Frank, Jaffe, Allan, O'Rourke, Peter K, Parsonage, William A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Australia 04.09.2017
Subjects:	Acute Coronary Syndrome - diagnosis Adult Cardiovascular diseases Chest Pain - diagnosis Diagnostic techniques and procedures Emergency medicine Emergency Service, Hospital Female Humans Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data Male Middle Aged Myocardial Infarction - diagnosis New Zealand Non-Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic - methods Pain Measurement - methods Patient Discharge - statistics & numerical data Prospective Studies Risk Assessment Tertiary Care Centers Treatment Outcome Troponin - analysis Myocardial infarction Troponin Biomarkers Myocardial ischaemia Diagnosis Acute coronary syndrome Exercise test Coronary disease
ISSN:	0025-729X, 1326-5377, 1326-5377
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