Performance assessment of an emergency department chest pain unit;Análisis de la actividad de una unidad estructural de dolor torácico en un servicio de urgencias hospitalario

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 276-284

  Bragulat, Ernest ^a   López, Beatriz ^a   Miró, Óscar ^a   Coll Vinent, Blanca ^a   Jiménez, Sonia ^a   Aparicio, María J ^a   Heras, Magda ^a   Bosch, Xavier ^a   Valls, Valentí ^a   Sánchez, Miguel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Chest pain; Chest pain unit; Emergency department; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 34247849450     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13100279     Document Type: Article

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