A clinical prediction rule for early discharge of patients with chest pain

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-10

  Christenson, Jim ^a,b,d   Innes, Grant ^a,b,d   McKnight, Douglas ^a,c   Thompson, Christopher R ^a,b   Wong, Hubert ^a,d   Yu, Eugenia ^a,d   Boychuk, Barb ^a,b   Grafstein, Eric ^a,b,d   Rosenberg, Frances ^a,b   Gin, Kenneth ^a,c   Anis, Aslam ^a,d   Singer, Joel ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATINE KINASE MB;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE MARKER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CHEST PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 29444442653     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.08.007     Document Type: Article

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