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      Who gets admitted to the Chest Pain Unit (CPU) and how do we manage them? Improving the use of the CPU in Waikato DHB, New Zealand

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          Chest pain is a commonly encountered presentation in the emergency department (ED). The chest pain unit at Waikato DHB is designed for patients with likely stable angina, who are at low risk of acute coronary syndrome (ACS), with a normal ECG and Troponin T, who have a history which is highly suggestive of coronary artery disease (CAD). Two issues were identified with patient care on the unit (1) the number of inappropriate admissions and (2) the number of inappropriate exercise tolerance tests.

          A baseline study showed that 73% of admissions did not fulfil the criteria and the majority of patients (72%) had an exercise tolerance test (ETT) irrespective of clinical picture. We delivered educational presentations to key stakeholders and the implementation of a new fast track chest pain pathway for discharging patients directly from the ED. There was an improvement in the number of patients inappropriately admitted, which fell to 61%. However, the number of inappropriate ETTs did not decrease, and were still performed on 76.9% of patients.

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                Journal
                BMJ Qual Improv Rep
                BMJ Qual Improv Rep
                bmjqir
                bmjqir
                BMJ Quality Improvement Reports
                British Publishing Group
                2050-1315
                2015
                11 February 2015
                : 4
                : 1
                : u206670.w2735
                Affiliations
                Waikato DHB, New Zealand
                Author notes
                [Correspondence to ] Judith Jade judithjade@ 123456gmail.com
                Article
                bmjquality_uu206670.w2735
                10.1136/bmjquality.u206670.w2735
                4645697
                7085bf68-1020-4771-b61a-29738f3a8498
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                : 20 December 2014
                : 31 December 2014
                : 5 January 2015
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