Thrombolysis in myocardial infarction risk score in an observation unit setting.


Autoria(s): Chavez, J; Srinivasan, A; Ely, S; Drake, W; Freeman, D; Borawski, J; Chandra, A; Limkakeng, Alexander Tan Jr.
Cobertura

United States

Data(s)

01/09/2013

Resumo

OBJECTIVE: The Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) score is a validated tool for risk stratification of acute coronary syndrome. We hypothesized that the TIMI risk score would be able to risk stratify patients in observation unit for acute coronary syndrome. METHODS: STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study of consecutive adult patients placed in an urban academic hospital emergency department observation unit with an average annual census of 65,000 between 2004 and 2007. Exclusion criteria included elevated initial cardiac biomarkers, ST segment changes on ECG, unstable vital signs, or unstable arrhythmias. A composite of significant coronary artery disease (CAD) indicators, including diagnosis of myocardial infarction, percutaneous coronary intervention, coronary artery bypass surgery, or death within 30 days and 1 year, were abstracted via chart review and financial record query. The entire cohort was stratified by TIMI risk scores (0-7) and composite event rates with 95% confidence interval were calculated. RESULTS: In total 2228 patients were analyzed. Average age was 54.5 years, 42.0% were male. The overall median TIMI risk score was 1. Eighty (3.6%) patients had 30-day and 119 (5.3%) had 1-year CAD indicators. There was a trend toward increasing rate of composite CAD indicators at 30 days and 1 year with increasing TIMI score, ranging from a 1.2% event rate at 30 days and 1.9% at 1 year for TIMI score of 0 and 12.5% at 30 days and 21.4% at 1 year for TIMI ≥ 4. CONCLUSIONS: In an observation unit cohort, the TIMI risk score is able to risk stratify patients into low-, moderate-, and high-risk groups.

Formato

137 - 140

Identificador

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23892944

00132577-201309000-00006

Crit Pathw Cardiol, 2013, 12 (3), pp. 137 - 140

http://hdl.handle.net/10161/12531

1535-2811

Idioma(s)

eng

Relação

Crit Pathw Cardiol

10.1097/HPC.0b013e3182998bc1

Palavras-Chave #Acute Coronary Syndrome #Age Factors #Cohort Studies #Emergency Service, Hospital #Female #Hospital Units #Humans #Male #Middle Aged #Prognosis #Retrospective Studies #Risk Assessment #Risk Factors #Troponin
Tipo

Journal Article