Utility of daily troponin orders for identifying acute myocardial infarction patients for quality improvement

Critical Pathways in Cardiology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 74-76

  Gronski, Lisa ^a   Martinson, Wendy ^a   Singh, Kanwar P ^a   Ryan, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

myocardial infarction; quality improvement; troponin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; TROPONIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AGED; AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; TROPONIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861426710     PISSN: 1535282X     EISSN: 15352811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HPC.0b013e31824c0459     Document Type: Article

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