Impact of troponin T determinations on hospital resource utilization and costs in the evaluation of patients with suspected myocardial ischemia

The American journal of cardiology

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 732-736

  Zarich, Stuart ^a   Bradley, Keith ^a   Seymour, Julianne ^a   Ghali, W ^a   Traboulsi, Amar ^a   Mayall, Inder Dip ^a   Bernstein, Larry ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ISOENZYME; TROPONIN T;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COST CONTROL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TROPONIN T;

EID: 0035489091     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(01)01842-2     Document Type: Article

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