Interrater Reliability and Accuracy of Clinicians and Trained Research Assistants Performing Prospective Data Collection in Emergency Department Patients With Potential Acute Coronary Syndrome

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-7

  Cruz, Carlos O ^a   Meshberg, Emily B ^a   Shofer, Frances S ^a   McCusker, Christine M ^a   Chang, Anna Marie ^a   Hollander, Judd E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; THORAX PAIN; TRAINING;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH PERSONNEL;

EID: 67149112755     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.11.023     Document Type: Article

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