Use of an accelerated diagnostic pathway allows rapid and safe discharge of 70% of chest pain patients from the emergency department

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 128, Issue 1408, 2015, Pages 62-71

  Munro, Andrew R ^a   Jerram, Tom ^a   Morton, Tom ^a   Hamilton, Suzanne ^a  

^a NELSON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION AND FOLLOW UP; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THORAX PAIN; BLOOD; CHEST PAIN; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEW ZEALAND; PROCEDURES; RISK;

TROPONIN;

CHEST PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEW ZEALAND; RISK; TRIAGE; TROPONIN;

EID: 84930278523     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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