BMJ : British medical journal
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Randomized Controlled Trial Pragmatic Clinical Trial
Shared decision making in patients with low risk chest pain: prospective randomized pragmatic trial.
To compare the effectiveness of shared decision making with usual care in choice of admission for observation and further cardiac testing or for referral for outpatient evaluation in patients with possible acute coronary syndrome. ⋯ Use of a decision aid in patients at low risk for acute coronary syndrome increased patient knowledge about their risk, increased engagement, and safely decreased the rate of admission to an observation unit for cardiac testing.Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01969240.