Troponin testing in the emergency department: A longitudinal study to assess the impact and sustainability of decision support strategies

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 546-550

  Georgiou, Andrew ^a   Lam, Mary ^b   Allardice, Jane ^c   Hart, Graeme K ^d   Westbrook, Johanna I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^d AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN; TROPONIN I;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; THORAX PAIN;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CHEST PAIN; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT ADMISSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; TROPONIN I;

EID: 84861816473     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2011-200610     Document Type: Article

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