Triage of Emergency Department Patients With Chest Pain: Where Should We Set the Bar?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 746-747

  Diercks, Deborah B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CANADIAN TRIAGE AND ACUITY SCALE SCORE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX PAIN;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ONTARIO; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; TRIAGE;

EID: 67349101573     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.01.001     Document Type: Editorial

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