Comparison of two clinical scoring systems for emergency department risk stratification of suspected acute coronary syndrome

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 717-725

  MacDonald, Stephen P J ^a,b,c,d   Nagree, Yusuf ^b,f   Fatovich, Daniel M ^b,c,d   Flavell, Helen L ^a   Loutsky, Francis ^e  

^a Armadale Health Service   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e Rockingham General Hospital   (Australia)

^f FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Chest pain; Risk stratification

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVASCULARIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STRATIFIED SAMPLE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEW ZEALAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TROPONIN;

EID: 83355175556     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2011.01480.x     Document Type: Article

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