Are we putting the cart ahead of the horse: Who determines the standard of care for the management of patients in the emergency department?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 198-200

  Fesmire, Francis M ^a   Jagoda, Andy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM; CLOPIDOGREL; DIGOXIN; EPTIFIBATIDE; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HEPARIN; NITRATE; THEOPHYLLINE;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ASTHMA; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DRUG INDICATION; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; PATIENT CARE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CONSENSUS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 22844446403     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.05.027     Document Type: Editorial

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