This study aims to investigate physicians' awareness regarding patients presenting with potential acute ischemic chest pain. It focuses on various electrocardiogram (ECG) patterns requiring prompt catheter lab activation for reperfusion therapy alongside other ECG mimics that may lead to false catheter lab activations.
Chest pain is the second most common complaint in adult emergency department (ED) patients in the United States. Most visits result in a diagnosis of noncardiac chest pain and approximately half in nonspecific chest pain. Roughly 6% are ultimately diagnosed with a life-threatening condition, which is overwhelmingly (\>90%) acute coronary syndrome (ACS). The term acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is applied to patients in whom there is a suspicion or confirmation of acute myocardial ischemia or infarction. ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), Non-ST-elevation MI (NSTEMI), and unstable angina are the three traditional types of ACS.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
640
All participants will consent to submit an anonymous Google Form-based questionnaire. The designed questionnaire includes introductory personal, academic, and work experience data about the physicians as gender, age, current specialty, workplace, highest achieved medical-academic or training degree, and number of years of postgraduate clinical work experience.
Tanta University
Tanta, El-Gharbia, Egypt
Physicians' Awareness
Physicians' awareness is measured by a numerical score of 0 to 10, depending on the electrocardiogram (ECG) pattern survey. 0 means (least recognition of ECG pattern) and 10 (high recognition of ECG pattern)
Time frame: At time of online survey (Up to 2 months)
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