Multi-centre evaluation of the role of chest pain units in the NHS

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Acute chest pain; Circulatory System; Chest pain

• Registration Number: ISRCTN55318418
• Lead Sponsor: HS Service Delivery and Organisation Programme (SDO) (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2005-11-02
• Last Update Posted: 17 October 2016

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 8700

Inclusion Criteria

Participants will be eligible if they attend Accident and Emergency (A&E) department with a presenting complaint of chest pain or a similar pre-specified term (such as angina or heart attack).

Exclusion Criteria

Routine data will be collected for all patients. Potential participants will not be randomly selected for postal questionnaire survey if they are identified as having died by 30 days after attendance.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Proportion of patients admitted to hospital in 2 years.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
o secondary outcome measures