The accuracy of general practitioners' clinical assessment of chest pain patients

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 50-55

  Nilsson, Staffan ^a   Ortoft, Kjell ^b   Molstad, Sigvard ^a,c  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Primary Care Centre   (Sweden)

^c Unit of Research and Development in Primary Care   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chest Pain; Decision making; Myocardial ischaemia; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROBABILITY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; CHEST PAIN; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN;

EID: 55949099917     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13814780802342622     Document Type: Article

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