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If you go to the er for fainting, chest pain & severe leg pain but initially you aren't having a heart attack, will you be admitted for observation?

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Dr. Bennett Werner answered

Depends: Depends on the circumstances and the results of examination and testing performed in the ER. It's not a given.

Answered 9/13/2016

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A member asked:

If you go to the er for fainting, chest pain & severe leg pain but initially you aren't having a heart attack, will you be admitted for observation?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Bennett Werner answered

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