Effect on emergency department efficiency of an accelerated diagnostic pathway for the evaluation of chest pain

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 285-293

  Meek, Robert ^a,b   Braitberg, George ^a,b   Nicolas, Caroline ^a,b   Kwok, Gabriel ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Southern Health ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Clinical pathway; Emergency medicine; Organizational efficiency; Point of care system

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; MYOGLOBIN; TROPONIN I;

ACCELERATED DIAGNOSTIC PATHWAY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY WARD; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN; TRADITIONAL DIAGNOSTIC PATHWAY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEST PAIN; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOGLOBIN; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; TROPONIN I;

EID: 84861893602     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2012.01541.x     Document Type: Article

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