Long term Cardiovascular Risk Prediction in the Emergency Department: A mixed methods study protocol

- A pathway to quantify and address long-term cardiovascular risk is potentially valuable in acute care settings as it would promote holistic patient care and improve long-term health outcomes.
- The quantitative arm of the study will examine the prognostic value of routinely collected data in the Emergency Department for long term cardiovascular outcomes.
- The qualitative arm of the study aims to co-design a care pathway to use the information from the quantitative arm in a way that is acceptable to all stakeholders and is therefore easily implemented.
- A retrospective cohort study can suffer from more bias than a prospective study, including selection, information and confusion bias. However, it enables a timely answer and can highlight key areas to be followed up by prospective work.