Two ECGs and a history: A guide to early hospital discharge of patients with 'chest pain ?cause'

Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 122-124

  Millane, Teri ^a   Hearing, Stephen D ^a   Jones, Philip E ^a   Brooks, Nicholas H ^a  

^a WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; THORAX PAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEST PAIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENGLAND; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POLICY MAKING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032017316     PISSN: 00358819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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