The length of hospital stay in patients with acute coronary syndrome is reduced by establishing a chest pain unit;Reduktion der stationären Verweildauer bei Patienten mit akutem Koronarsyndrom durch Einrichtung einer Chest Pain Unit

Herz

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 301-307

  Keller, T ^a,b   Tzikas, S ^a   Scheiba, O ^a   Krahn, U ^a   Post, F ^a   Arnolds, S ^a   Blankenberg, S ^a,b   Warnholtz, A ^a   Munzel T ^a   Genth Zotz, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Chest pain unit; Emergency department; Length of hospital stay

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CHEST PAIN UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STANDARDIZATION; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; WARD;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CORONARY CARE UNITS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN CLINICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 84863083882     PISSN: 03409937     EISSN: 16156692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00059-011-3544-2     Document Type: Article

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