Clinical and financial impact of removing creatine kinase-MB from the routine testing menu in the emergency setting

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 72-75

  Le, Rachel D ^a   Kosowsky, Joshua M ^a,b   Landman, Adam B ^a,b   Bixho, Ida ^a   Melanson, Stacy E F ^a,b   Tanasijevic, Milenko J ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; TROPONIN T; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERY ELDERLY; BLOOD; COST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; REFERENCE VALUE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; TROPONIN;

EID: 84918814312     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2014.10.017     Document Type: Article

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