Impact of point-of-care testing on patients' length of stay in a large emergency department

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 711-717

  Parvin, Curtis A ^a,b   Lo, Stanley F ^a   Deuser, Susan M ^b   Weaver, Lynn G ^b   Lewis, Lawrence M ^a,b   Scott, Mitchell G ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

electrolytes; hematocrit; laboratory management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY WARD; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0029947392     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/42.5.711     Document Type: Article

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