A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Central Laboratory and Point-of-Care Cardiac Marker Testing Strategies: The Disposition Impacted by Serial Point of Care Markers in Acute Coronary Syndromes (DISPO-ACS) Trial

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 321-328

  Ryan, Richard J ^a   Lindsell, Christopher J ^a   Hollander, Judd E ^b   O'Neil, Brian ^c   Jackson, Raymond ^c   Schreiber, Donald ^d   Christenson, Robert ^e   Gibler, W Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60249086016     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.06.464     Document Type: Article

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