Risk Stratification of Emergency Department Patients with Chest Pain: The Need for Standardized Reporting Guidelines

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 68-70

  Hollander, Judd E ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CODING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK STRATIFICATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARD; THORAX PAIN; UNITED STATES; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0346098333     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(03)00726-1     Document Type: Editorial

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