Sustained reductions in emergency department laboratory test orders: Impact of a simple intervention

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 1056, 2013, Pages 566-571

  Chu, Kevin H ^a,b   Wagholikar, Amol S ^c   Greenslade, Jaimi H ^a,b   O'Dwyer, John A ^c   Brown, Anthony F ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; TROPONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

EID: 84884415953     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2012-130833     Document Type: Article

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