Emergency department observation units: Has the time come?

Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 257-261

  Lee, Thomas H ^a,b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; AMI; Chest pain; Observation units; Resource utilization

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CORONARY CARE UNIT; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; OBSERVATION; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK; SHORT SURVEY; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0029736835     PISSN: 09295305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00181670     Document Type: Short Survey

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