Comparing the Utility of Clinical Risk Scores and Integrated Clinical Judgment in Patients with Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome

Meier M, Boeddinghaus J, Nestelberger T, Koechlin L, Lopez-Ayala P, Wussler D, Walter JE, Zimmermann T, Badertscher P, Wildi K, Giménez MR, Puelacher C, Glarner N, Magni J, Miró Ò, Martin-Sanchez FJ, Kawecki D, Keller DI, Gualandro DM, Twerenbold R, Nickel CH, Bingisser R, Mueller C; APACE investigators. Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care. DOI: 10.1093/ehjacc/zuad081

Aims: The utility of clinical risk scores regarding the prediction of major adverse cardiac events (MACE) is uncertain. We aimed to directly compare the prognostic performance of five established clinical risk scores as well as an unstructured integrated clinical judgement (ICJ) of the treating emergency department (ED) physician.

Previous
Previous

Improving Trendelenburg position effectiveness by varying cardiopulmonary bypass flow

Next
Next

High-flow via a tracheostomy tube and speaking valve during weaning from mechanical ventilation and tracheostomy