Risk stratification of patients with acute chest pain without a rise in troponin: Current practice in England

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 461-464

  Dunham, Mark ^a   Challen, Kirsty ^b   Walter, Darren ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^b North West Deanery ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DISEASE MARKER; EMERGENCY WARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; THORAX PAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEST PAIN; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; EXERCISE TEST; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TROPONIN;

EID: 77953755243     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2008.068163     Document Type: Article

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