Prospective evaluation of the treatment of intermediate-risk chest pain patients in an emergency department observation unit

Critical Pathways in Cardiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-13

  Holly, Jessica ^a   Hamilton, David ^a   Bledsoe, Joseph ^a   Black, Kathryn ^a   Robbins, Riann ^a   Davis, Virgil ^a   Barton, Erik ^a   Madsen, Troy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

chest pain; observation unit; risk stratification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; TELEPHONE TELEMETRY; THORAX PAIN;

CHEST PAIN; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84857833418     PISSN: 1535282X     EISSN: 15352811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HPC.0b013e31824265a8     Document Type: Article

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