2019
DOI: 10.1186/s13049-019-0659-6
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Chest pain in the ambulance; prevalence, causes and outcome - a retrospective cohort study

Abstract: Background Chest pain is common in acute ambulance transports. This study aims to characterize and compare ambulance-transported chest pain patients to non-chest pain patients and evaluate if patient characteristics and accompanying symptoms accessible at the time of emergency call can predict cause and outcome in chest pain patients. Methods Retrospective, observational population-based study, including acute ambulance transports. Patient characteristics and symptoms a… Show more

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“…From an overall population perspective [20], it has been denoted that men have a greater vulnerability to cardiovascular diseases which is a reason to their higher mortality rate in general. Patients attending EMS due to dyspnoea appear to have a five times higher risk of death than those with chest pain [9,21]. This is in agreement with other reports saying that regardless of the aetiology, patients who have dyspnoea in combination with other conditions have a poor prognoses [22].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 89%
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“…From an overall population perspective [20], it has been denoted that men have a greater vulnerability to cardiovascular diseases which is a reason to their higher mortality rate in general. Patients attending EMS due to dyspnoea appear to have a five times higher risk of death than those with chest pain [9,21]. This is in agreement with other reports saying that regardless of the aetiology, patients who have dyspnoea in combination with other conditions have a poor prognoses [22].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 89%
“…Patients attending EMS due to dyspnoea appear to have a five times higher risk of death than those with chest pain [ 9 , 21 ]. This is in agreement with other reports saying that regardless of the aetiology, patients who have dyspnoea in combination with other conditions have a poor prognoses [ 22 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…It is the most frequent reason for presentation to an emergency facility in men age 65 years and older. In some cohorts, chest pain accounts for up to 16% of ambulance transports and constitutes almost 30% of emergency admissions [2,3]. In the primary care setting however, less than 1% of visits are for a chief complaint of chest pain [4].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These initial symptoms or mechanism of injury at the rst patient contact seem to carry important prognostic information which might inform the care of the patient. However, outcomes have been investigated in isolated symptoms only, such as chest pain (13) and breathing di culty (14).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%