TY - JOUR T1 - Antacids and diagnosis in patients with atypical chest pain JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 170 LP - 171 DO - 10.1136/emj.20.2.170 VL - 20 IS - 2 AU - Stewart Teece AU - Ian Crawford AU - K Mackway-Jones Y1 - 2003/03/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/20/2/170.abstract N2 - A short cut review was carried out to establish whether antacids can be used as a diagnostic test in atypical chest pain. Altogether 374 papers were found using the reported search, of which two presented the best evidence to answer the clinical question. The author, date and country of publication, patient group studied, study type, relevant outcomes, results, and study weaknesses of these best papers are tabulated. A clinical bottom line is stated. ER -