Outcomes of patients admitted for observation of chest pain

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 873-877

  Penumetsa, Srikanth C ^a,b   Mallidi, Jaya ^a,b   Friderici, Jennifer L ^a   Hiser, William ^a,b   Rothberg, Michael B ^a,b  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CHEST PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84862282191     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.940     Document Type: Article

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