Evaluation of a clinical decision rule for young adult patients with chest pain

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 26-31

  Marsan Jr , Robert J ^a   Shaver, Kyle J ^a   Sease, Keara L ^a   Shofer, Frances S ^a   Sites, Frank D ^a   Hollander, Judd E ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

acute coronary syndrome; adverse cardiovascular events; age; emergency department

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEALTH VISITOR; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELEPHONE; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHEST PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 11144251596     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2004.08.042     Document Type: Article

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