Usefulness of pain presentation characteristics for predicting outcome in patients presenting to the hospital with chest pain of uncertain origin

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 847-850

  Sanchis, Juan ^a,b   Bodí, Vicent ^a,b   Núñez, Julio ^a,b   Bosch, Xavier ^c   Heras, Magda ^c   Bonanad, Clara ^a,b   Pellicer, Mauricio ^a,b   Merlos, Pilar ^a,b   Miñana, Gema ^a,b   Llácer, Angel ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN PARAMETERS; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX PAIN;

CHEST PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TROPONIN T;

EID: 80052964748     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2010.098160     Document Type: Article

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