Evaluation of the chest pain patient: Survey of current practice patterns

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 282-290

  Diercks, Deborah B ^a   Panacek, Edward A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

chest pain; observation unit; protocol

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EVALUATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; THORAX PAIN; UNITED STATES;

CHEST PAIN; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956394724     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.11.057     Document Type: Article

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