The impact of unstable angina guidelines in the triage of emergency department patients with possible acute coronary syndrome

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 606-616

  Katz, David A ^a,b,e   Aufderheide, Tom P ^c   Bogner, Mark ^a   Rahko, Peter R ^a   Brown, Roger L ^b   Brown, Lisa M ^a   Prekker, Matthew E ^a   Selker, Harry P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Emergency medical services; Practice guidelines; Risk assessment; Triage; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ALGORITHM; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIMB PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NAUSEA; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; THORAX PAIN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CHEST PAIN; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRIAGE;

EID: 33750919753     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X06295358     Document Type: Review

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