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Cost effectiveness of diagnostic strategies for patients with acute, undifferentiated chest pain
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- Chest pain obervation unit (CPOU) - A road to a cost effective management of Acute Coronary SyndromePublished on: 18 October 2023
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Dear Editor
I read with interest the paper by Goodacre and Calvert.[1] I agree with the authors that as most patients of undifferentiated chest pain have a benign disorder, admission represents a considerable waste of resources. Nevertheless, it is worrying to note that in UK 6% of patients discharged from emergency departments after attendance with acute chest pain were found to have prognostically significant myo...
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