Assessment of the patient with chest pain in the accident and emergency department

Accident and Emergency Nursing

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 65-70

  Quinn, T ^a  

^a Evidence supported Medicine Union   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY NURSING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; THORAX PAIN; TIME;

CHEST PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY NURSING; HUMANS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ADMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031113224     PISSN: 09652302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-2302(97)90081-3     Document Type: Article

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