Validation of a brief observation period for patients with cocaine-associated chest pain

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 348, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 510-517

  Weber, Jim Edward ^a   Shofer, Frances S ^c   Larkin, G Luke ^c   Kalaria, Amit S ^a   Hollander, Judd E ^b  

^a HURLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CAPTOPRIL; COCAINE; DIGOXIN; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; INSULIN; NITRATE; SPIRONOLACTONE; TROPONIN I;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; THORAX PAIN; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; CHEST PAIN; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037421586     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa022206     Document Type: Article

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