EDACS chest-pain score (+ EDACS-ADP)
Emergency Department Assessment of Chest pain Score.
Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Age
- 50 years
- Male sex
- Yes
- Known CAD or >= 3 risk factors
- Yes
- Diaphoresis
- Yes
Result: EDACS 17: not low risk (>=16).
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What the result means
- EDACS <16 + ADP
- Low risk (EDACS under 16 with non-ischemic ECG and negative early troponins): early discharge per source.
- EDACS >=16
- Not low risk; further assessment per source.
What you enter
- Age
- Male sex
- Known CAD or >= 3 risk factors (age 18-50)
- Diaphoresis (+3)
- Pain radiates to arm / shoulder / neck / jaw (+5)
- Pain worse with inspiration (-4)
- Pain reproduced by palpation (-6)
- Ischemic ECG changes
The other 2 fields
- Troponin positive at 0 h
- Troponin positive at 2 h
How this is calculated
Than M, et al. Emerg Med Australas. 2014;26(1):34-44 (EDACS / EDACS-ADP). ADP low-risk: score <16 with non-ischemic ECG and negative 0/2-h troponins. Read the source ↗
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.