Table 4 Initial diagnosis and level of care for treatment or follow-up with GP or specialist
From: Management of chest pain: a prospective study from Norwegian out-of-hours primary care
Level of care for treatment or follow-up | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Managed at casualty clinic | Referred to GP | Referred to specialist non-urgently | Admitted to hospital | |
Appraisal of the most probable cause (“initial diagnosis”) | |||||
Ischaemic heart disease | 50 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 43 |
Musculoskeletal pain | 22 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Psychiatric disease/anxiety | 12 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
Pulmonary disease | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Dyspepsia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Gastrointestinal disease, other than dyspepsia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Other diagnoses (arrhythmia, hypertensive crisis) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 100 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 50 |