Utility of observation units for young Emergency Department chest pain patients

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 306-312

  Ely, Sora ^a,b   Chandra, Abhinav ^a   Mani, Giselle ^a   Drake, Weiying ^a   Freeman, Debbie ^a   Limkakeng, Alexander T ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACS; acute coronary syndrome; CAD; cardiac observation protocols; chest pain; coronary artery disease; diagnostic utility; emergency department; low risk; provocative cardiac testing; stress testing; young patients; youth

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY WARD; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CHEST PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TROPONIN; WATCHFUL WAITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873154986     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2012.07.048     Document Type: Article

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