Diagnosis and Management of Deployed Adults with Chest Pain.
Abstract
We prospectively tested the accuracy of our own computer-derived algorithm and the prior computer-derived model of Dr. Timothy de Dombal for predicting whether patients with acute chest pain were having myocardial infarctions. Our model performed significantly better than the de Dombal model; in patients who are most analogous to deployed Navy personnel in terms of age and prior history of ischemic heart disease, our model performed better than the physicians who actually saw the same patients. We conclude that our computer-derived algorithm may be appropriate for adoption in the deployed setting.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 31, 1983
- Accession Number
- ADA124329
Entities
People
- Lee Goldman
Organizations
- Brigham and Women's Hospital