Association between an educational intervention and a reduction in inappropriate troponin testing in patients presenting to an adult emergency department

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1100-1108

  Scorgie, R ^a   Nicholls, G M ^a   Jones, P ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Education; Emergency medicine; Intervention study; Troponin

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAFF TRAINING; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; CHEST PAIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEST PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TROPONIN;

EID: 84921879189     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imj.12543     Document Type: Article

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