An Online Tool for Nurse Triage to Evaluate Risk for Acute Coronary Syndrome at Emergency Department
Joint Authors
Sanpha-asa, Patchaya
Aekphachaisawat, Noppadol
Keeratikasikorn, Chaiyapon
Sittichanbuncha, Yuwares
Thongkrau, Theerayut
Sawanyawisuth, Kittisak
Source
Emergency Medicine International
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-04-02
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
To differentiate acute coronary syndrome (ACS) from other causes in patients presenting with chest pain at the emergency department (ED) is crucial and can be performed by the nurse triage.
We evaluated the effectiveness of the ED nurse triage for ACS of the tertiary care hospital.
Methods.
We retrospectively enrolled consecutive patients who were identified as ACS at risk patients by the ED nurse triage.
Patients were categorized as ACS and non-ACS group by the final diagnosis.
Multivariate logistic analysis was used to predict factors associated with ACS.
An online model predictive of ACS for the ED nurse triage was constructed.
Results.
There were 175 patients who met the study criteria.
Of those, 28 patients (16.0%) were diagnosed with ACS.
Patients with diabetes, patients with previous history of CAD, and those who had at least one character of ACS chest pain were independently associated with having ACS by multivariate logistic regression.
The adjusted odds ratios (95% confidence interval) were 4.220 (1.445, 12.327), 3.333 (1.040, 10.684), and 12.539 (3.876, 40.567), respectively.
Conclusions.
The effectiveness of the ED nurse triage for ACS was 16%.
The online tool is available for the ED triage nurse to evaluate risk of ACS in individuals.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Sittichanbuncha, Yuwares& Sanpha-asa, Patchaya& Thongkrau, Theerayut& Keeratikasikorn, Chaiyapon& Aekphachaisawat, Noppadol& Sawanyawisuth, Kittisak. 2015. An Online Tool for Nurse Triage to Evaluate Risk for Acute Coronary Syndrome at Emergency Department. Emergency Medicine International،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1063903
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Sittichanbuncha, Yuwares…[et al.]. An Online Tool for Nurse Triage to Evaluate Risk for Acute Coronary Syndrome at Emergency Department. Emergency Medicine International No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1063903
American Medical Association (AMA)
Sittichanbuncha, Yuwares& Sanpha-asa, Patchaya& Thongkrau, Theerayut& Keeratikasikorn, Chaiyapon& Aekphachaisawat, Noppadol& Sawanyawisuth, Kittisak. An Online Tool for Nurse Triage to Evaluate Risk for Acute Coronary Syndrome at Emergency Department. Emergency Medicine International. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1063903
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1063903