The PAIN Pathway as a Tool to Bridge the Gap between Evidence and Management of Acute Coronary Syndrome

Critical Pathways in Cardiology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 20-24

  Herzog, Eyal ^a   Saint Jacques, Henock ^a   Rozanski, Alan ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Chest pain; Clinical guidelines; Myocardial infarction; Risk stratification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MODEL; PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 1542373686     PISSN: 1535282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hpc.0000116583.24833.ce     Document Type: Article

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