ROMEO: A rapid rule out strategy for low risk chest pain. Does it work in a UK emergency department?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 395-399

  Taylor, Clare ^a   Forrest Hay, Anna ^b   Meek, Steve ^c  

^a South West SpR rotation ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b WYCOMBE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SERUM; STANDARDIZATION; TELEPHONE; THORAX PAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036714884     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.19.5.395     Document Type: Article

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