DRG - 143, Chest Pain One-day stays

Payment Error Prevention Program (PEPP) Special Project #2

REFERENCES

1. Critical Pathways and Cost Reduction

Goldman L, Cook F, Johnson P, et.al. "Prediction of the Need for Intensive Care in Patients Who Come to Emergency Departments with Acute Chest Pain." New England Journal of Medicine. 334(23):1498-1504. 1996.

Lee TH, Juarez G, Cook EF, et.al. "Ruling Out Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Prospective Multicenter Validation of a 12-Hour Strategy for Patients at Low Risk." New England Journal of Medicine. 324(18):1239-1246. 1991.

Panju AA, Hennelgarn BR, Guyatt GH, Simel DL. "Is this Patient Having a Myocardial Infarction?" Journal of the American Medical Association. 280:1256-1263. 1998.

Reilly B, Durairaj L, Jusain S, et.al. "Performance and Potential Impact of a Chest Pain Prediction Rule in a Large Public Hospital." American Journal of Medicine. 106:285-291. 1999.

Roberts RR, Zalenski RJ, Menash EK, et.al. "Costs of an Emergency Department-Based Accelerated Diagnostic Protocol vs. Hospitalization in Patients With Chest Pain." Journal of the American Medical Association. 278(20):1670-1676. 1997.

Tosteson AN, Goldmen L, Udvarhelyi S, Lee TH. "Cost-Effectiveness of a Coronary Care Unit vs. an Intermediate Care Unit for Emergency Department Patients with Chest Pain." Circulation 94(2):143-150. 1996.

2. Diagnostic Testing

Hamm CW, Goldmann BU, Heeschen C, et.al. "Emergency Room Triage of Patients with Acute Chest Pain by Means of Rapid Testing for Cardiac Troponin T or Troponin I." New England Journal of Medicine. 337(23):1648-1653. 1997.

Hilton TC, Thompson RC, Williams HJ, et.al. "Technetium-99m Sestamibi Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in the Emergency Room Evaluation of Chest Pain." Journal of American College of Cardiology. 23:1016-1022. 1994.

Nichol G, Walls R, Goldman L, et.al. "A Critical Pathway for Management of Patients with Acute Chest Pain Who Are at Low Risk for Myocardial Ischemia: Recommendations and Potential Impact." Annals of Internal Medicine. 127:996-1005. 1997.

Sayre MR, Kaufman KH, Chen IW, et.al. "Measurement of Cardiac Troponin T Is an Effective Method for Predicting Complications Among Emergency Department Patients With Chest Pain." Annals of Emergency Medicine. 31(5):539-549. 1998.

Selker HP, Beshansky JR, Griffith JL, et.al. "Use of the Acute Cardiac Ischemia Time-Insensitive Predictive Instrument (ACI-TIPI) To Assist with Triage of Patients with Chest Pain or Other Symptoms Suggestive of Acute Cardiac Ischemia: A Multicenter, Controlled Trial." Annals of Internal Medicine. 129(11):845-855. 1998.

Tatum JT, Jesse RL, Kontos MC, et.al. "Comprehensive Strategy for the Evaluation and Triage of the Chest Pain Patient." Annals of Emergency Medicine. 29(1):116-125. 1997.