Use of the Acute Cardiac Ischemia Time-Insensitive Predictive Instrument (ACI-TIPI) To Assist with Triage of Patients with Chest Pain or Other Symptoms Suggestive of Acute Cardiac Ischemia: A Multicenter, Controlled Clinical Trial

P Selker, H; R. Beshansky, Joni; L. Griffith, John; P. Aufderheide, Tom; S. Ballin, Daniel; A. Bernard, Sheilah; G. Crespo, Steven; A. Feldman, James; S. Fish, Susan; Brian Gibler, W.; A. Kiez, Debra; A. McNutt, Robert; W. Moulton, Anne; P. Ornato, Joseph; J. Podrid, Philip; Hector Pope, J.; N. Salem, Deeb; R. Sayre, Michael; H. Woolard, Robert

doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-11_part_1-199812010-00002

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Use of the Acute Cardiac Ischemia Time-Insensitive Predictive Instrument (ACI-TIPI) To Assist with Triage of Patients with Chest Pain or Other Symptoms Suggestive of Acute Cardiac Ischemia: A Multicenter, Controlled Clinical Trial

Published in Annals of Internal Medicine • Dec 1, 1998

Authors:

H P Selker

Joni R. Beshansky

John L. Griffith

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Approximately 6 million U.S. patients present to emergency departments annually with symptoms suggesting acute cardiac ischemia. Triage decisions for these patients are important but remain difficult. OBJECTIVE: To test whether computerized prediction of the probability of acute ischemia...

Subject

Medicine

Triage

Chest pain

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