Detection of chest pain of non-cardiac origin at the emergency room by a new non-invasive device avoiding unnecessary admission to hospital

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 486-489

  Gorenberg, M ^a   Marmor, A ^a,b   Rotstein, H ^b  

^a Rebecca Sieff Government Hospital   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEART ENZYME;

ANALYZER; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORONARY ARTERY; COST OF ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENZYME ASSAY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PERFORMANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CHEST PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; TRIAGE; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 21644474255     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2004.016188     Document Type: Article

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