What future for chest pain observation units?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-4

  Capewell, Simon ^a   Quinney, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; TROPONIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0035689391     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.18.1.3     Document Type: Editorial

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