Adverse outcomes following emergency department discharge of patients with possible acute coronary syndrome

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 455-464

  Loten, Conrad ^a,b   Isbister, Geoffrey ^c   Jamcotchian, Melissa ^c   Hullick, Carolyn ^d   MacElduff, Patrick ^c   Attia, John ^e   Marley, John ^f  

^a Hunter New England Health Locked Bag 1   (Australia)

^b JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Delta Intern

^d Hunter New England Health ^*  (Australia)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Coronary heart disease; Diagnosis; Emergency medicine

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CHEST PAIN; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 71149102639     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2009.01229.x     Document Type: Article

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