Physician discretion is safe and may lower stress test utilization in emergency department chest pain unit patients

Critical Pathways in Cardiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-31

  Napoli, Anthony M ^a   Arrighi, James A ^a   Siket, Matthew S ^b   Gibbs, Frantz J ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

chest pain unit; observation; stress test utilization

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; CHEST PAIN; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 84857832927     PISSN: 1535282X     EISSN: 15352811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HPC.0b013e3182457bee     Document Type: Article

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