Safety of assessment of patients with potential ischemic chest pain in an emergency department waiting room: A prospective comparative cohort study

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 455-462

  Scheuermeyer, Frank Xavier ^a   Christenson, Jim ^a   Innes, Grant ^b   Boychuk, Barb ^a   Yu, Eugenia ^a   Grafstein, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VITAL SIGN; WAITING ROOM;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CHEST PAIN; CROWDING; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 78049474686     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.03.043     Document Type: Article

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