Proposal of laboratory test panel based on patients' chief complaints in emergency department

Korean Journal of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 444-450

  Lee, Hyun Chul ^a   Kim, Yu Kyung ^a   Song, Jung Hup ^b   Song, Kyung Eun ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chief complaint; Critical pathway; Test panel

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS;

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 79952052410     PISSN: 15986535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3343/kjlm.2010.30.4.444     Document Type: Article

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