Can Emergency Physician Gestalt "Rule In" or "Rule Out" Acute Coronary Syndrome: Validation in a Multicenter Prospective Diagnostic Cohort Study.

Govind Oliver Charlie Reynard Niall Morris Jessica Jane

Published in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2019)

Clinician gestalt is not sufficiently accurate or safe to either rule in or rule out ACS as a decision-making strategy. This study will enable emergency physicians to understand the limitations of our clinical judgment.

Keyphrases

acute coronary syndrome
emergency department
primary care
public health
decision making
healthcare
percutaneous coronary intervention
antiplatelet therapy
clinical trial
emergency medical