Emergency department triage strategies for acute chest pain using creatine kinase-MB and troponin I assays: A cost-effectiveness analysis

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 131, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 909-918

  Polanczyk, Carísi A ^a,c   Kuntz, Karen M ^a,d   Sacks, David B ^a   Johnson, Paula A ^a   Lee, Thomas H ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Partners Community HealthCare Inc   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; TROPONIN I;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; EXERCISE TEST; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0033593077     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-131-12-199912210-00002     Document Type: Article

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