Triage flowchart to rule out acute coronary syndrome

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 865-872

  Sánchez, Miquel ^a   López, Beatriz ^a   Bragulat, Ernest ^a   Gómez Angelats, Elisenda ^a   Jiménez, Sònia ^a   Ortega, Mar ^a   Coll Vinent, Blanca ^a   Alonso, Josep R ^a   Queralt, Carme ^a   Miró, Òscar ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NURSE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CHEST PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIAGE;

EID: 34848860759     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2006.12.025     Document Type: Article

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