Use of the acute cardiac ischemia time-insensitive predictive instrument (ACI-TIPI) to assist with triage of patients with chest pain or other symptoms suggestive of acute cardiac ischemia: A multicenter, controlled clinical trial

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 129, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 845-855

  Selker, Harry P ^a   Beshansky, Joni R ^a   Griffith, John L ^a   Aufderheide, Tom P ^b   Ballin, Daniel S ^a   Bernard, Sheilah A ^c   Crespo, Steven G ^c   Feldman, James A ^c   Fish, Susan S ^c   Gibler, W Brian ^f   Kiez, Debra A ^d   McNutt, Robert A ^g   Moulton, Anne W ^h   Ornato, Joseph P ⁱ   Podrid, Philip J ^c   Pope, J Hector ^e   Salem, Deeb N ^a   Sayre, Michael R ^f   Woolard, Robert H ^h  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b John L Doyne Hospital   (United States)

^c BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Boston Medical Center ^*  (Canada)

^e BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^h RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; UNITED STATES; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0032403063     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-129-11_part_1-199812010-00002     Document Type: Article

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