Clinical decision-making of cardiologists regarding admission and treatment of patients with suspected unstable angina or non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction: Protocol of a clinical vignette study

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Engel, Josien ^a   Van Der Wulp, Ineke ^a   Poldervaart, Judith M ^b   Reitsma, Johannes B ^b   De Bruijne, Martine C ^a   Wagner, Cordula ^a,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DECISION TREE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DECISION TREES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT ADMISSION; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84929377662     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006441     Document Type: Article

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