Troponin testing for chest pain in primary healthcare: A New Zealand audit

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 1238, 2006, Pages

  Mann, Stewart ^a   Tietjens, James ^a   Law, Kate ^a   Elley, C Raina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; BLOOD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; LABORATORY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEST PAIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TROPONIN;

EID: 33746653725     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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