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Table 3 Complications after arrival in hospital in relation to estimated chest pain

From: Association between the reported intensity of an acute symptom at first prehospital assessment and the subsequent outcome: a study on patients with acute chest pain and presumed acute coronary syndrome

 

Intensity of pain on the arrival of the AN

 

4.00–5.99 (n = 651)

6.00–7.99 (n = 603)

≥ 8.00 (n = 349)

p b

Heart failure requiring treatment (48)a

58 (9.1)

77 (13.1)

48 (14.4)

0.05

Hypotension requiring treatment (48)

27 (4.3)

21 (3.6)

15 (4.5)

0.95

AV-block/bradyarrythmias requiring treatment (48)

11 (1.7)

17 (2.9)

5 (1.5)

0.66

Supraventricular tachyarrythmias requiring treatment (46)

35 (5.5)

31 (5.3)

20 (6.0)

0.71

Ventricular tachyarrythmias requiring treatment (50)

7 (1.1)

5 (0.9)

7 (2.1)

0.37

  1. Data presented as number (percentage)
  2. aNumber of patients with missing information
  3. bActual VAS value used in p-value calculations