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Scruth E, Worrall-Carter L, Cheng E, et al. Assessing risk post intervention for an acute coronary syndrome: a review of the risk assessment tools and their development. Contemp Nurse. 2012;43(1):2-12doi: 10.5172/conu.2012.43.1.2.
Scruth, E., Worrall-Carter, L., Cheng, E., Rolley, J., & Page, K. (2012). Assessing risk post intervention for an acute coronary syndrome: a review of the risk assessment tools and their development. Contemporary nurse, 43(1), 2-12. https://doi.org/10.5172/conu.2012.43.1.2
Scruth, Elizabeth, et al. "Assessing risk post intervention for an acute coronary syndrome: a review of the risk assessment tools and their development." Contemporary nurse vol. 43,1 (2012): 2-12. doi: https://doi.org/10.5172/conu.2012.43.1.2
Scruth E, Worrall-Carter L, Cheng E, Rolley J, Page K. Assessing risk post intervention for an acute coronary syndrome: a review of the risk assessment tools and their development. Contemp Nurse. 2012 Dec;43(1):2-12. doi: 10.5172/conu.2012.43.1.2. PMID: 23343227.
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Contemp Nurse. 2012 Dec;43(1):2-12. doi: 10.5172/conu.2012.43.1.2.

Assessing risk post intervention for an acute coronary syndrome: a review of the risk assessment tools and their development.

Contemporary nurse

Elizabeth Scruth, Linda Worrall-Carter, Eugene Cheng, John Rolley, Karen Page

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  1. St Vincent's Centre for Nursing Research, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Australian Catholic University National, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

PMID: 23343227 DOI: 10.5172/conu.2012.43.1.2

Abstract

Considerable variability in survival rate after an acute myocardial infarction exists and accurate risk stratification is of significant importance. The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association has recommended early risk stratification using several clinical risk scoring instruments to identify high risk patients. The aim of this paper is to identify secondary cardiovascular risk scoring instruments that could be utilized at the time of intervention for acute coronary syndromes and compare their psychometric properties as they were developed. A search using Medline, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature and the Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection databases identified studies published between January 1990 and January 2010 used to measure risk after intervention for acute coronary syndrome. Four validated secondary risk prediction scoring instruments were identified for comparison. Secondary risk prediction scoring instruments for the acute coronary syndrome patient population are evidence based, valid and reliable. Use of the instruments by cardiac focused clinicians will aid in the determination of treatment strategies, and estimation of short and long term events and mortality.

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