Inpatient telemetry does not need to be used in the management of older patients hospitalized with chest pain at low risk for in-hospital coronary events and mortality

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 605-606

  Saleem, Mohammad A ^a   McClung, John A ^a   Aronow, Wilbert S ^a   Kannam, Hari ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TELEMETRY; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 20544442289     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/60.5.605     Document Type: Article

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