INTERCHEST Score

Uses

How it works

Risks & contraindications

Comparisons

Background

Evidence quality

Highlighted claims

• The INTERCHEST score was developed in 2017 for primary care chest pain assessment. — Marburg Heart Score and INTERCHEST score for telephone triage of acute chest pain: a prospective, diagnostic accuracy study in out-of-hours primary care
• At the study threshold, INTERCHEST missed 5 major events and 2 of 13 ACS cases. — Marburg Heart Score and INTERCHEST score for telephone triage of acute chest pain: a prospective, diagnostic accuracy study in out-of-hours primary care
• The INTERCHEST score was evaluated alongside MHS for telephone triage of acute chest pain. — Marburg Heart Score and INTERCHEST score for telephone triage of acute chest pain: a prospective, diagnostic accuracy study in out-of-hours primary care
• At a threshold of at least 1 point, INTERCHEST improved specificity relative to NTS but reduced sensitivity. — Marburg Heart Score and INTERCHEST score for telephone triage of acute chest pain: a prospective, diagnostic accuracy study in out-of-hours primary care
• In this study, the INTERCHEST physician-suspicion item was adapted to the triage assistant's sense of alarm. — Marburg Heart Score and INTERCHEST score for telephone triage of acute chest pain: a prospective, diagnostic accuracy study in out-of-hours primary care
• For major events, INTERCHEST had modest discrimination and did not meaningfully improve telephone triage over the NTS. — Marburg Heart Score and INTERCHEST score for telephone triage of acute chest pain: a prospective, diagnostic accuracy study in out-of-hours primary care