The effect of noise in the emergency department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 663-666

  Zun, Leslie S ^a,b   Downey, LaVonne ^c  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Heart and lung sounds; Noise; Sound level

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART; HUMAN; LUNG; MALE; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STETHOSCOPE;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HEART AUSCULTATION; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; STETHOSCOPES;

EID: 20444472438     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2005.03.533     Document Type: Article

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