The introduction of a chest pain nurse and fast-track troponin service reduces the length of stay of patients presenting with chest pain

Scottish Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 6-9

  Motherwell, Duncan W ^a   Rogers, J ^a   Kellagher, M ^a   Craig, D ^b   O'Reilly, D S J ^b   Cobbe, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSE; PATIENT MONITORING; BLOOD; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING; NURSING DISCIPLINE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; THORAX PAIN; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEST PAIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCOTLAND; SPECIALTIES, NURSING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TROPONIN I;

EID: 34347246740     PISSN: 00369330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmsmj.52.2.6     Document Type: Article

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