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Published in final edited form as: Adv Emerg Nurs J. 2015 Oct-Dec;37(4):290–300. doi: 10.1097/TME.0000000000000080

Table 5.

Events Occurring within 30-days of Discharge Following the Index Event (N=159)

Description	Total Sample	Pre-intervention (N=78)	Intervention (N=81)	χ²	p

	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)
Return to the ED with signs and/or symptoms of myocardial ischemia	15 (9)	7 (9)	8 (10)	0.04	0.85
All-cause admission to the hospital within 30 days of the index hospital visit	10 (6)	6 (8)	4 (5)	0.63	0.52
Biomarker indication of MI	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	-	-
Reperfusion therapy	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	-	-
All-cause mortality	1 (1)	1 (1)	0 (0)	1.10	0.48
Composite of 30-day events	18 (11)	9 (12)	9 (11)	0.01	0.93

Note. CABG = Coronary artery bypass graft; C-STM = Continuous ST-segment monitoring; ED = Emergency department; MI = Myocardial infarction; PCI = Percutaneous coronary intervention.