A study to derive a clinical decision rule for triage of emergency department patients with chest pain: Design and methodology

BMC Emergency Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Hess, Erik P ^a   Wells, George A ^a   Jaffe, Allan ^b   Stiell, Ian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIPYRIDAMOLE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; WARFARIN; TROPONIN T;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; REVASCULARIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; THORAX PAIN; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CHEST PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE; TROPONIN T;

EID: 41649089523     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471227X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-227X-8-3     Document Type: Article

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