Ability of triage decision rules for rapid electrocardiogram to identify patients with suspected st-elevation myocardial infarction

Critical Pathways in Cardiology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 211-213

  Osborne, Anwar Dayan ^a   Ali, Karim ^a   Lowery North, Douglas ^a   Capes, James ^a   Keadey, Matthew ^a   Franks, Nicole ^a   Hertzberg, Vicki ^a   Stroder, Ryan ^a   Pitts, Stephen ^a   Wheatley, Matthew ^a   O'Malley, Rachel ^a   Leach, George ^a   Ross, Michael ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

acute coronary syndromes; electrocardiogram; myocardial infarction; STEMI; triage

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FAINTNESS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STATISTICS; THORAX PAIN; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE;

EID: 84870475744     PISSN: 1535282X     EISSN: 15352811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HPC.0b013e31826f4e8e     Document Type: Review

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