A 2-hour diagnostic protocol for possible cardiac chest pain in the emergency department a randomized clinical trial

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 51-58

  Than, Martin ^a   Aldous, Sally ^a   Lord, Sarah Jane ^b   Goodacre, Stephen ^c   Frampton, Christopher M A ^d   Troughton, Richard ^d   George, Peter ^a   Florkowski, Christopher Michael ^e   Ardagh, Michael ^d   Smyth, David ^a   Jardine, David Lewis ^a   Peacock, William Frank ^f   Young, Joanna ^a   Hamilton, Gregory ^g   Deely, Joanne M ^g   Cullen, Louise ^h   Richards, A Mark ^d  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^e CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

^f BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g CANTERBURY DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^h QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOLYSIS IN MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION SCORE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CHEST PAIN; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TROPONIN I;

EID: 84889647667     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.11362     Document Type: Article

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