Reducing Excess Cardiac Biomarker Testing at an Academic Medical Center

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1468-1474

  Larochelle, Marc R ^a,b   Knight, Amy M ^a   Pantle, Hardin ^a   Riedel, Stefan ^a   Trost, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

acute coronary syndrome; cardiac biomarkers; wasteful diagnostic testing

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930909327     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-014-2919-5     Document Type: Article

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