The Use and Effectiveness of Electrocardiographic Telemetry Monitoring in a Community Hospital General Care Setting

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1483-1487

  Curry, J Paul ^a   Hanson III, C William ^b   Russell, Michael W ^b   Hanna, Cheryl ^a   Devine, Gayle ^b   Ochroch, E Andrew ^b,c  

^a Hoag Memorial Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

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

^c UPHS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEMETRY;

EID: 0142181244     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000081720.49358.53     Document Type: Article

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