Scheuermeyer FX, Wong H, Yu E, Boychuk B, Innes G, Grafstein E, Gin K, Christenson J. Development and validation of a prediction rule for early discharge of low-risk emergency department patients with potential ischemic chest pain. CJEM. 2014;16(2):106-119.

Cullen L, Greenslade JH, Than M, Brown AFT, Hammett CJ, Lamanna A, Flaws DF, Chu K, Fowles LF, Parsonage WA. The new Vancouver Chest Pain Rule using troponin as the only biomarker: an external validation study. Am J Emerg Med. 2014;32(2):129-34.

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Vancouver Chest Pain Rule

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Identifies chest pain patients who are low risk and safe for early discharge.

2-hour rule out for low risk chest pain.

Carlos Rodriguez, MD, is a clinical assistant professor and assistant director of the medical education fellowship at the department of emergency medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA. Originally from Puerto Rico, Dr. Rodriguez earned his medical degree from San Juan Bautista School of Medicine in Puerto Rico. He later completed his emergency medicine residency at Lincoln Hospital in New York and a medical education fellowship at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Currently, he is in the process of obtaining a masters of education in the health professions from Johns Hopkins University. His interests include graduate medical education and faculty development.

Carlos Rodriguez, MD

Hyunjoo Lee, MD, is a clinical assistant professor in emergency medicine at Stony Brook University Hospital. Born and raised in New York, she left New York for her undergraduate studies at Swarthmore College where she received a BA in Biology. She returned to New York and did research in B-cell biology and CLL before heading back to school to obtain her MD from Stony Brook University School of Medicine. She completed her emergency medicine residency at Mount Sinai Beth Israel in New York City and a medical education fellowship in the department of emergency medicine at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.

Hyunjoo Lee, MD

The Vancouver Chest Pain Rule identifies chest pain patients who are at low risk for adverse event and are safe for early discharge.

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