Two protocols for quickly and safely evaluating patients presenting to emergency departments with chest pain are being adopted by Australian hospitals. Chest pain is one of the most common reasons ...

A new protocol for rapid identification of patients admitted with chest pain who are at low risk of having a serious cardiac event is published in an Article Online First and in an upcoming Lancet.

A recently developed risk-evaluation protocol can help hospital emergency department personnel more efficiently determine which patients with acute chest pain can be sent home safely, according to a ...

The six steps make up the Erlanger Chest Pain Protocol, which the study finds is accurate enough for emergency physicians to use for high- and low-risk patients. This prospective one-year study ...

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) expert decision pathway for chest pain can safely and effectively rule out acute coronary syndromes in most patients, but not for those with known coronary ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU (WSIL)---Chest pain can mean something is seriously wrong. That's why at the Cape Girardeau VA Healthcare Center, they are changing their system from the moment you walk in the door.

Reproducible chest pain means that a doctor or medical team can reproduce the pain under specific circumstances through pressing or touching. Doctors often use it as an early diagnostic tool when a ...

Many health conditions can cause chest pain. Healthcare professionals may use the term nonanginal chest pain to refer to chest pain in people without heart disease. Chest pain accounts for more than 6 ...

Susan Russell, MD, is a board-certified pulmonologist and Medical Director of Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) for Northwestern Memorial Hospital's Medical ICU. Muscle strain commonly causes chest ...