An emergency department-based protocol for rapidly ruling out myocardial ischemia reduces hospital time and expense: Results of a randomized study (ROMIO)

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-33

  Gomez, Miguel A ^b   Anderson, Jeffrey L ^a   Karagounis, Labros A ^b   Muhlestein, Joseph B ^b   Mooers, F Bruce ^b  

^a LDS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ST SEGMENT; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0009564141     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(96)00093-9     Document Type: Article

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