Implementation of a rapid whole blood D-dimer test in the Emergency Department of an Urban Academic Medical Center: Impact on ED length of stay and ancillary test utilization

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 326-331

  Lee Lewandrowski, Elizabeth ^a   Nichols, John ^a   Van Cott, Elizabeth ^a   Grisson, Ricky ^a   Louissaint, Abner ^a   Benzer, Theodore ^a   Lewandrowski, Kent ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancillary test utilization; Emergency department; Length of stay; Point of care testing; Rapid whole blood D dimer test; Turnaround time; Urban academic medical center; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TURNAROUND TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME; URBAN POPULATION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT ADMISSION; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN POPULATION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 69849091608     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCP6US3ILGEAREE     Document Type: Article

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