Is it safe to discharge patients from accident and emergency using a rapid point of care Triple Cardiac Marker test to rule out acute coronary syndrome in low to intermediate risk patients presenting with chest pain?

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 537-540

  Rathore, S ^a,b   Knowles, P ^b   Mann, A P S ^b   Dodds, P A ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIGHTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accident and emergency; Acute coronary syndromes; Chest pain; Triple Cardiac Marker

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN; TRIPLE CARDIAC MARKER;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEST PAIN; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOGLOBIN; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPONIN I; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55649084786     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2008.01.014     Document Type: Article

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