PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Buckley, Rita ED - Maynard, Avonello A. TI - Risk Assessment Scores in ACS Improve Clinical Outcomes DP - 2012 Oct 01 TA - MD Conference Express PG - 31--32 VI - 12 IP - 12 4099 - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/12/12/31.short 4100 - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/12/12/31.full AB - The importance of using risk screening assessment tools to guide therapeutic management of patients cannot be underestimated [Scruth EA et al. Clin Nurse Spec 2012]. This article presents a comparison and validation of Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI), Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE), and front-door risk scores in an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) population in Barbados.