The prevalence of non-cardiac chest pain (NCCP) using emergency department (ED) data: a Northern Ireland based study

• Hauptverfasser: Orla McDevitt-Petrovic (Verfasst von), Karen Kirby (Verfasst von), Mark Shevlin (Verfasst von)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: BMC, 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background The aim of this study was to assess the frequency of chest pain presentations and the subsequent non-cardiac chest pain diagnoses in an emergency department (ED) over a 3 year period. Methods Administrative data on ED attendances to an urban general hospital in Northern Ireland b...