ArticleHeart & lung : the journal of critical care
Symptom clusters in patients presenting to the emergency department with possible acute coronary syndrome differ by sex, age, and discharge diagnosis.
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- Presenting Symptoms in Men and Women Diagnosed With Myocardial Infarction Using Sex-Specific Criteria.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2019Trial
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- Symptom clusters and unplanned hospital readmission in Chinese patients with acute myocardial infarction on admission.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Article
- Characteristic differences of chest pain in male and female patients with acute coronary syndrome: A pilot study.Journal of public health research · 2021Article
- Evaluating Sex Disparities in the Emergency Department Management of Patients With Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome.Annals of emergency medicine · 2021Article
- Closing the Gap on Sex Disparity in Acute Coronary Syndrome: Is It Time to Reconsider Our Definitions of "Typical"?Journal of the American Heart Association · 2019Article
- Acute Coronary Syndrome Symptom Clusters: Illustration of Results Using Multiple Statistical Methods.Western journal of nursing research · 2019Article
- Cluster Analysis in Nursing Research: An Introduction, Historical Perspective, and Future Directions.Western journal of nursing research · 2018Article
- Patient-reported symptoms improve prediction of acute coronary syndrome in the emergency department.Research in nursing & health · 2018Article
- Symptom clusters and treatment time delay in Korean patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction on admission.Medicine · 2018Observational
- Sex differences in presenting symptoms of acute coronary syndrome: the EPIHeart cohort study.BMJ open · 2018Article
- Sex-Based Differences in the Performance of the HEART Score in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Acute Chest Pain.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2017Observational
- The clinics of acute coronary syndrome.Annals of translational medicine · 2016Review
- Physical Symptom Cluster Subgroups in Chronic Kidney Disease.Nursing researchArticle
- Using the McSweeney Acute and Prodromal Myocardial Infarction Symptom Survey to Predict the Occurrence of Short-Term Coronary Heart Disease Events in Women.Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's HealthArticle
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Abstract
objectivesTo identify classes of individuals presenting to the ED for suspected ACS who shared similar symptoms and clinical characteristics.
backgroundDescribing symptom clusters in undiagnosed patients with suspected ACS is a novel and clinically relevant approach, reflecting real-world emergency department evaluation procedures.
methodsSymptoms were measured using a validated 13-item symptom checklist. Latent class analysis was used to describe symptom clusters.
resultsThe sample of 874 was 37% female with a mean age of 59.9 years. Four symptom classes were identified: Heavy Symptom Burden (Class 1), Chest Symptoms and Shortness of Breath (Class 2), Chest Symptoms Only (Class 3), and Weary (Class 4). Patients with ACS were more likely to cluster in Classes 2 and 3. Women and younger patients were more likely to group in Class 1.
conclusionsFurther research is needed to determine the value of symptom clusters in the ED triage and management of suspected ACS.
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