Research Article

Validation of a Decision Rule and Derivation of a Modified Rule to Obtain Chest Radiograph in Patients with Nontraumatic Chest Pain in the Emergency Department

Table 1

Final diagnoses of patients assigned by emergency physician and admitting physician.

Final diagnosisED assigned final diagnosis at disposition 

(%)
Admitted patients final diagnosis at discharge 

(%)

Nonspecific “chest pain”589 (60.9)203 (34.8)
CAD related (MI, ACS, angina, etc.)80 (8.3)93 (16.0)
Musculoskeletal chest pain67 (6.9)64 (11)
CHF18 (1.9)14 (2.4)
Pneumonia15 (1.6)13 (2.2)
Gastritis/GERD15 (1.6)42 (7.2)
Pulmonary embolism10 (1.7)