Triaging Primary Care Patients Referred for Chest Pain to Specialist Cardiology Centres: Efficacy of an Optimised Protocol.

CONCLUSION: By implementing diagnostic cardiac testing prior to patients' first specialist consultation, the 'Triage Protocol' expedited diagnosis and reduced subsequent visits across all risk groups in ambulatory chest pain patients.
PMID: 29549371 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore - February 1, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tan FC, Yap J, Allen JC, Tan O, Tan SY, Matchar DB, Chua TS Tags: Ann Acad Med Singapore Source Type: research