A retrospective analysis of gender among patients admitted to a clinical decision unit at risk for acute coronary syndrome

INTRODUCTION Chest pain is a common chief complaint and encompasses nearly 5.2% of all patients seen in emergency departments(ED). In the United States, this accounts for approximately six million annual visits.[1-4]The evaluation of patients with chest pain in the ED is a time-consuming and challenging process because the physician must identify those with life-threatening cardiac chest pain, while avoiding unnecessary and costly evaluations of those with non-cardiac chest pain.