Lack of utility of telemetry monitoring during transport to inpatient beds for identification of dysrhythmias for emergency department patients with potential and known acute coronary syndromes

Critical Pathways in Cardiology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 117-120

  Pines, Jesse M ^a   Rich, Victoria L ^a   Schwartz, Anna R ^a   Mathew, Rex ^a   Kurz, Ashley E ^a   Datner, Elizabeth M ^a   Sites, Frank D ^a   Hollander, Judd E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Emergency medicine; Nursing; Resource utilization; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEMETRY;

EID: 24944492921     PISSN: 1535282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hpc.0000173356.73015.a4     Document Type: Article

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