Cardiac point-of-care testing: Impact on emergency department door to disposition time is modified by patient acuity and hospital setting

Point of Care

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-6

  Deledda, John M ^a   Fermann, Gregory J ^a   Lindsell, Christopher J ^a   Rohlfing, Ronald A ^b   Gibler, W Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Breast Cancer Alliance of Greater Cincinnati   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac testing; disposition time; patient acuity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952294584     PISSN: 1533029X     EISSN: 15330303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/POC.0b013e3182077f63     Document Type: Article

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