An audit of activity and outcome from a daily and a weekly "one stop" rapid assessment chest pain clinic

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 915, 2002, Pages 43-46

  Byrne, John ^a   Murdoch, D ^a   Morrison, C ^b   McMurray, J ^c  

^a SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGINA PECTORIS; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CHEST PAIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PAIN CLINICS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SCOTLAND;

EID: 0036148867     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.78.915.43     Document Type: Article

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