Missed diagnoses of acute cardiac ischemia in the emergency department

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 342, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 1163-1170

  Pope, J Hector ^a,b   Aufderheide, Tom P ^c   Ruthazer, Robin ^a   Woolard, Robert H ^d   Feldman, James A ^e   Beshansky, Joni R ^a   Griffith, John L ^a   Selker, Harry P ^a,f  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034690309     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200004203421603     Document Type: Article

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