The impact of the HEART risk score in the early assessment of patients with acute chest pain: Design of a stepped wedge, cluster randomised trial

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Poldervaart, Judith M ^a   Reitsma, Johannes B ^a   Koffijberg, Hendrik ^a   Backus, Barbra E ^a   Six, A Jacob ^b   Doevendans, Pieter A ^a   Hoes, Arno W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Zuwe Hofpoort Ziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Clinical prediction rule; Cluster randomised trial; HEART score; Impact; Risk score implementation; Stepped wedge design

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART DEATH; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART SCORE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STEPPED WEDGE CLUSTER RANDOMIZED TRIAL; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHEST PAIN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TROPONIN T;

EID: 84884545830     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-13-77     Document Type: Article

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