Clinicians ignore best practice guidelines: Prospective audit of cardiac injury marker ordering in patients with chest pain

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 305-306

  Bellbhudder, U ^a   Stanfliet, J C ^a,b  

^a KING EDWARD VIII HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARDIAC TROPONIN I; CREATINE KINASE; MYOGLOBIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CHEST PAIN; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TROPONIN I;

EID: 84897128627     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.7381     Document Type: Article

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