The PRIMA Study: Presentation ischaemia-modified albumin in the emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 764-768

  Keating, Lisa ^a   Benger, J R ^b,c   Beetham, R ^d   Bateman, S ^a   Veysey, S ^d   Kendall, J ^d   Pullinger, R ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISCHEMIA MODIFIED ALBUMIN; TROPONIN I; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; SERUM ALBUMIN; TROPONIN T;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME; AGED; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA PECTORIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEST PAIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SERUM ALBUMIN; TROPONIN T;

EID: 35748965458     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2006.036269     Document Type: Article

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