Ep 171 Posterior Stroke, EP Lead, HEAR Score, Ketamine for Suicidal Ideation, Peer Support Workers – Highlights from Calgary EM Hodsman Lecture Day
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How to Evaluate Pretest Probability in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes
The hear score is a variation on the well-known heart score without the troponin component. Patients get scores between 0 to 2 for each of their symptom characteristics, ECG findings, age and combinations of risk factors. A low risk clinical gestalt combined with a non-aschemic ECG was about 95% sensitive for ruling out myocardial infarction.
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