Search Tag: emergency department

Cardiology Management

Simple-lab-score-diagnoses-heart-attack-faster-than-current-methods

2018 22 Aug

A simple laboratory score provides a safer and faster way to diagnose patients who visit the emergency department with heart attack symptoms. Developed by an international research team, the score can also identify patients at risk of subsequent heart issues after discharge, according to a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). ...Read more

Cardiology Management

Germany-s-chest-pain-unit-network-a-success-story

2017 15 May

The creation of a chest pain unit (CPU) network in Germany has improved the quality of diagnosis and treatment of patients with chest pain in the country, resulting in a better prognosis for patients with acute coronary syndrome compared with patients in the emergency department (ED), according to an article published by Journal of the American College...Read more