Comprehensive bedside point of care testing in critical ED patients: A before and after study

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 776-780

  Singer, Adam J ^a   Williams, Justin ^a   Taylor, Maria ^a   Le Blanc, Deborah ^a   Thode, Henry C ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTIC ACID; TROPONIN I;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENERAL MEDICAL DEVICE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURNAROUND TIME; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC USE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84930930785     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2015.03.034     Document Type: Article

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