Clinical Study
The Challenge of Triaging Chest Pain Patients: The Bernese University Hospital Experience
Table 1
Characteristics of 301 Patients.
| Age, years, median (range) | 56 (17–92) | | | Male/female | 190 (63%)/111 (37%) | Coronary heart disease | 64 (21%) | Other cardiovascular disease | 32 (10%) | Other heart disease | 57 (19%) | Chronic lung disease | 38 (13%) | Diabetes mellitus | 39 (13%) | Arterial hypertension | 119 (40%) | Cigarette smoker/history of smoking | 129 (43%) | Dyslipidemia | 36 (12%) | Familial history of coronary heart disease | 49 (16%) | History of thromboembolic disease | 18 (6%) | Cancer | 22 (7%) | Chest pain | 234 (78%) | Oppressive chest pain radiating to arms or neck | 42 (14%) | Nonradiating oppressive chest pain | 50 (17%) | Respiration-dependent chest pain | 55 (18%) | Stabbing chest pain | 55 (18%) | Nonspecific chest pain | 89 (30%) | Burning chest pain | 8 (3%) | Dyspnoea | 74 (25%) | Cough | 67 (22%) | Expectoration | 19 (6%) | Heartburn | 14 (5%) |
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