Comparison of early biomarker strategies with the Heart Foundation of Australia/Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand guidelines for risk stratification of emergency department patients with chest pain

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 595-603

  Cullen, Louise ^a,b,c   Parsonage, William A ^a,c   Greenslade, Jaimi ^a   Lamanna, Arvin ^a   Hammett, Christopher J ^a,c   Than, Martin ^d   Ungerer, Jacobus Pj ^e   Chu, Kevin ^c   O'Kane, Shanen ^a   Brown, Anthony Ft ^a,b  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^e Pathology Queensland   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Chest pain; Emergency medicine; Risk stratification

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; MYOGLOBIN; TROPONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALASIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOLOGY; CHEST PAIN; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOGLOBIN; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TROPONIN;

EID: 84870706078     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.12008     Document Type: Article

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