Ninety-minute accelerated critical pathway for chest pain evaluation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 611-617

  Ng, Siu Ming ^a   Krishnaswamy, Padma ^a   Morissey, Robin ^a   Clopton, Paul ^c   Fitzgerald, Robert ^b   Maisel, Alan S ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATINE KINASE; MYOGLOBIN; TROPONIN I;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CALIFORNIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOGLOBIN; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TROPONIN I;

EID: 0035885020     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(01)01801-X     Document Type: Article

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