From: Chest pain in the ambulance; prevalence, causes and outcome - a retrospective cohort study
30-day mortality | Acute cardiac diagnosis during index admission | ||||||
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Total | Risk Ratio (95% CI) | P-value | Deaths, n(%) | Risk Ratio (95% CI) | P-value | Acute cardiac diagnoses, n(%) | |
Total | 2634 | 69 (3%) | 397 (15%) | ||||
Accompanying symptoms | |||||||
Non-responsive | 9 | 9.79 (1.31;72.92) | 0.026 | 1 (11%) | 2.56 (0.74;8.86) | 0.136 | 2 (22%) |
Dyspnoea | 566 | 2.15 (1.03;4.51) | 0.043 | 26 (5%) | 1.8 (1.27;2.56) | 0.001 | 82 (14%) |
Radiation/severe pain> 5 min | 1068 | 1.25 (0.59;2.62) | 0.558 | 26 (2%) | 2.06 (1.5;2.84) | < 0.001 | 183 (17%) |
Clammy skin/Uncomfortable/Nausea | 488 | 0.8 (0.3;2.12) | 0.653 | 7 (1%) | 2.12 (1.51;3.0) | < 0.001 | 90 (18%) |
Other or no | 503 | 1.0 (ref.) | 9 (2%) | 1.0 (ref.) | 40 (8%) |