Utility of point-of-care testing in ED triage

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 291-296

  Soremekun, Olanrewaju A ^a   Datner, Elizabeth M ^a   Banh, Simon ^a   Becker, Lance B ^a   Pines, Jesse M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTIC ACID; TROPONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSE PRACTITIONER; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; THORAX PAIN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PILOT PROJECTS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIAGE; TROPONIN;

EID: 84873656568     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2012.07.025     Document Type: Article

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