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Table 2. Clinical care and outcomes before and after implementation of the updated Acute Chest Pain Optimal Care Pathway.

	Overall N = 229	Before Algorithm Implementation N = 101	After Algorithm Implementation N = 128	p-value
# of Troponin Labs				0.941
One	114 (49.8%)	50 (49.5%)	64 (50.0%)
Two	115 (50.2%)	51 (50.5%)	64 (50.0%)
ED LOS (hours)				0.448
Median [IQR]	4.6 [3.6, 6.1]	4.5 [3.8, 6.6]	4.6 [3.5, 5.7]
Unknown, N (%)	20 (8.7%)	11 (10.9%)	9 (7.0%)
Cardiology Consult				0.305
No	220 (96.1%)	99 (98.0%)	121 (94.5%)
Yes	9 (3.9%)	2 (2.0%)	7 (5.5%)
Admitted				0.261
No	205 (89.5%)	93 (92.1%)	112 (87.5%)
Yes	24 (10.5%)	8 (7.9%)	16 (12.5%)
MACE within 30 days				>0.999
No MACE	101 (100.0%)	127 (99.2%)
MACE	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)

Notes.

P-values are based on Chi-square or Fisher’s exact tests for categorical variables and Wilcoxon rank sum tests for continuous variables.

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