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Chest pain

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Investigations

Avoid making decisions on further investigations based solely on your patient's style of presentation a

Why?

  • Physicians are less likely to order non-invasive investigations for more emotional patients. a

Emotional patients with chest pain are less likely to receive non-invasive testing

Patient Treatment Comparison Outcome CER RRR
(95% CI)		 NNT
(95% CI)
internists a emotional patient calm patient further non-invasive tests ordered
93% 43%
(6% to 65%) 		3
(1 to 9)

 

Expiry date: June 2003
Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides

Author   CM   Ball
Reviewer   S   Straus
CAT Writers   CJ   Wotton , CM   Ball , N   Shenker , RS   Phillips