Epidemiology and Demography of Coronary Artery Disease / Shahriar Dadkhah and Korosh Sharain -- Financial Impact of Acute Coronary Syndromes: The Need for New Care Delivery Models / Sandra Sieck -- Why Have a Chest Pain Unit? / Annitha Annathurai and Michael A. Ross -- Pathophysiology and Definition of the Acute Coronary Syndromes / Ezra A. Amsterdam, Deborah Diercks, and J. Douglas Kirk -- Emergency Department Presentation / Jeffrey A. Holmes and Sean Collins -- Risk Stratification: History, Physical, and EKG / Alan B. Storrow, Ian McClure, and Elizabeth Harbison -- Cardiac Markers: A Chest Pain Center Focus / Robert H. Christenson -- Risk Stratification Using Scoring Systems / Judd E. Hollander and Anna Marie Chang -- Emergency Department Disposition of Patients Presenting with Chest Pain / Kelly Owen and Deborah B. Diercks -- Short-Stay Unit Requirements / Louis Graff IV -- Medical Therapy in Patients Managed in a Chest Pain Observation Unit / James McCord -- Provocative Testing / J. Douglas Kirk, Michael C. Kontos, and Ezra A. Amsterdam -- Use of Multislice CT and MRI for the Evaluation of Patients with Chest Pain / Brian O'Neil, Michael J. Gallagher, and Gilbert L. Raff -- Disposition from the Short Stay Unit / Chris A. Ghaemmaghami and William J. Brady -- Examples of Patient Discharge Instructions, ACS Rule Out Protocols, and Order Sheets./ Kay S. Holmes.
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Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) continues to challenge our health care system in the complexity of presentation and the ever increasing number of patients exhibiting signs and symptoms of an acute coronary syndrome. Written by leading experts, Short Stay Management of Chest Pain provides scientific and clinical insights on the management of patients who arrive at the hospital with a presentation consistent with a potential acute coronary syndrome. Focusing on the cardiology aspects of chest pain, Short Stay Management of Chest Pain is a valuable tool for acute care physicians, nurses, and hospital administrators devoted to caring for this population. Short Stay Management of Chest Pain details the remarkable improvements in diagnostic accuracy and improved patient outcomes for patients presenting with suspected acute coronary syndromes.