Unnecessary arrhythmia monitoring and underutilization of ischemia and QT interval monitoring in current clinical practice: Baseline results of the practical use of the latest standards for electrocardiography trial

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 542-547

  Funk, Marjorie ^a   Winkler, Catherine G ^a   May, Jeanine L ^a   Stephens, Kimberly ^b   Fennie, Kristopher P ^a   Rose, Leonie L ^a   Turkman, Yasemin E ^a   Drew, Barbara J ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrhythmias; Electrocardiography; Myocardial ischemia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; ST SEGMENT; STANDARDIZATION;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 78049455892     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2010.07.018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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