Point of care pregnancy testing provides staff satisfaction but does not change ED length of stay

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 460-464

  Plerhoples, William ^a   Zwemer Jr , Frank L ^a,b   Bazarian, Jeffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

chorionic gonadotropins diagnostic use; Point of care systems; pregnancy tests

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANCY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATISFACTION; URINALYSIS;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; LENGTH OF STAY; NEW YORK; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TESTS;

EID: 7444260190     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2004.07.022     Document Type: Article

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