Is telemetry useful in evaluating chest pain patients in an observation unit?

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 543-546

  Grossman, Shamai A ^a   Shapiro, Nathan I ^a   Mottley, J Lawrence ^a   Sanchez, Leon ^a   Ullman, Edward ^a   Wolfe, Richard E ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest; Observation; Pain; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELEMETRY; THORAX PAIN; UNITED STATES;

CHEST PAIN; CORONARY CARE UNITS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELEMETRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81955161183     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-011-0648-x     Document Type: Article

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