Accuracy of electrocardiogram interpretation improves with emergency medicine training

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 143-150

  Hoyle, Rachel J ^a   Walker, Katherine J ^b   Thomson, Graeme ^b   Bailey, Michael ^c  

^a Casey Hospital   (Australia)

^b Angliss Hospital   (Australia)

^c Departments of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Emergency medicine; Interpretation; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTATION;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VICTORIA;

EID: 34247236074     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2007.00946.x     Document Type: Article

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