□ The "GI cocktail" in the evaluation of chest pain in the emergency department

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 245-246

  Dickinson, Mark W ^a  

^a Fort Defiance Indian Hosp   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALUMINUM MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; CREATINE KINASE MB; DONNATAL; HEPARIN; LIDOCAINE; MYLANTA; NITRATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPEPSIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; CHEST PAIN; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 0029925477     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0736-4679(95)02101-9     Document Type: Letter

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