Do you pursue stress testing before discharge for a patient admitted with chest pain who has negative serial high-sensitivity troponins and a low HEART score?
Do you pursue stress testing before discharge for a patient admitted with chest pain who has negative serial high-sensitivity troponins and a low HEART score?
Join Mednetto vote and see how they answered.
I usually do not since the HEART score (0-3) has such a low incidence of cardiac events in 6 weeks, and in the study, those patients were discharged. That being said, I would ensure the patient has a follow-up within a week to set up any testing that you feel is necessary to work up the chest pain.
Join for free or sign in to see the full answer
Always test an admission for chest pain. Do not put so much faith in analytic scoring.
Join for free or sign in to see the full answer
If a low-risk patient is up and about on the unit and able to ambulate around the unit several laps while still on telemetry, I discharge to OP care and further risk stratify with either a nuclear stress test or stress echo. Otherwise, cardiac cath prior to discharge.
Join for free or sign in to see the full answer