Changes in the numeric descriptive scale for pain after sublingual nitroglycerin do not predict cardiac etiology of chest pain

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 581-585

  Diercks, Deborah B ^a   Boghos, Elizabeth ^a   Guzman, Hector ^a   Amsterdam, Ezra A ^a   Kirk, J Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, SUBLINGUAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHEST PAIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGLYCERIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 20444470334     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2004.12.009     Document Type: Article

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