Derivation of a clinical decision rule for chest radiography in emergency department patients with chest pain and possible acute coronary syndrome

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 128-134

  Hess, Erik P ^a   Perry, Jeffrey J ^b   Ladouceur, Pam ^b   Wells, George A ^b   Stiell, Ian G ^b  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Diagnosis; Emergency medical services; Myocardial infarction; Radiography; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEST PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TRIAGE;

EID: 77957738340     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S148180350001215X     Document Type: Article

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