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Emergency Department Assessment of Chest Pain Score

Global2014Emergency Medicine

Overview

Clinical decision rule for risk stratification of patients with possible acute coronary syndrome in the emergency department.

Clinical Use

ED triage of chest pain patients

Risk Output

Major adverse cardiac event risk (%)

Risk Factors

Age
Sex
Known CAD
Diaphoresis
Pain Radiation
Pain Worse with Inspiration
Pain Worse with Movement

Validation

Prospective validation in over 2,000 ED patients

Limitations

Requires clinical judgment for application

Clinical Guidelines

ESC Chest Pain Guidelines

Python Usage

class="operator"><span <span class="keyword">class</span>="import">from</span> cvd_risk <span <span class="keyword">class</span>="import">import</span> EDACS, PatientData

patient class="operator">= PatientData(
    ageclass="operator">=<span class="number">55</span>,
    sexclass="operator">=<span <span class="keyword">class</span>="string">'male'</span>,
    known_cadclass="operator">=<span class="keyword">True</span>,
    diaphoresisclass="operator">=<span class="keyword">True</span>,
    pain_radiationclass="operator">=<span class="keyword">True</span>,
    pain_worse_inspirationclass="operator">=<span class="keyword">False</span>,
    pain_worse_movementclass="operator">=<span class="keyword">False</span>
class="bracket">)

model class="operator">= EDACS()
result class="operator">= model.<span class="function">calculate</span>(patient)
class="operator"><span class="function">print</span>(f<span <span class="keyword">class</span>="string">"MACE risk: {result.risk_score:.1f}%"</span>)

Model Information

Model Name:

EDACS

Publication Year:

2014

Region:

Global

Category:

Emergency Medicine