A survey of doctors reveals that few laboratory tests are of primary importance at the Emergency Department

Diagnosis

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 239-244

  Van De Wijngaart, Dennis J ^a   Scherrenburg, Jolanda ^a   Van Den Broek, Lisette ^a   Van Dijk, Nadine ^a   Janssens, Pim M W ^a  

^a RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cost reduction; Costs; Efficiency; Emergency department; Laboratory tests; Test panels

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; TROPONIN; UREA;

BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; EMERGENCY WARD; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84928015088     PISSN: 21948011     EISSN: 2194802X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/dx-2014-0025     Document Type: Review

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