Outcomes and radiation exposure of emergency department patients with chest pain and shortness of breath and ultralow pretest probability: A multicenter study

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 281-288

  Kline, Jeffrey A ^a   Shapiro, Nathan I ^b   Jones, Alan E ^c   Hernandez, Jackeline ^d   Hogg, Melanie M ^d   Troyer, Jennifer ^e   Nelson, R Darrell ^f  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^f WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; CHEST PAIN; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84894044330     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2013.09.009     Document Type: Article

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