Disparities in the Emergency Department Evaluation of Chest Pain Patients

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 149-156

  Pezzin, Liliana E ^a   Keyl, Penelope M ^a   Green, Gary B ^a  

^a WI and Department of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

coronary disease; diagnosis; ethnic groups; tests; women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RACE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHEST PAIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846416255     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2006.08.020     Document Type: Article

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