NICE clinical guideline: chest pain of recent onset
- 1 August 2010
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of General Practitioners in British Journal of General Practice
- Vol. 60 (577), 607-610
- https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp10x515124
Abstract
The recently published guideline from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), Chest Pain of Recent Onset: Assessment and Diagnosis of Recent Onset Chest Pain or Discomfort of Suspected Cardiac Origin,2 addresses the assessment and diagnosis of patients with recent-onset chest pain (or discomfort) that may be of cardiac origin. It does not make recommendations for the management of the condition once the diagnosis is made. The NICE unstable angina and non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) clinical guideline3 was published at the same time as the chest pain guideline; local protocols are recommended for management of STEMI, and a NICE clinical guideline for the management of stable angina is currently being prepared.4 The chest pain guideline has two separate diagnostic pathways. The first is for patients with acute chest pain who may have an acute coronary syndrome (ACS), and the second for those with intermittent stable chest pain who may have stable angina. The need to provide information to patients (and, where appropriate, their family or carer/advocate) and to involve them in decisions is emphasised throughout.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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