Clinical Practice Guidelines in the Emergency Department

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 555-567

  Agrawal, Pooja ^a   Kosowsky, Joshua M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Clinical decision rules; Critical pathways; Guidelines; Protocols

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ADRENALIN; AMIODARONE; LIDOCAINE; MAGNESIUM; PARACETAMOL; VASOPRESSIN;

ANKLE INJURY; ANKLE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DRUG OVERDOSE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TORSADE DES POINTES; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 70449629828     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: 07338627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2009.07.001     Document Type: Review

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