Chest pain for coronary heart disease in general practice: Clinical judgement and a clinical decision rule

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 65, Issue 640, 2015, Pages e748-e753

  Haasenritter, J ^a   Donner Banzhoff, N ^a   Bosner S ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Medical history taking; Myocardial ischaemia; Primary health care; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARBURG HEART SCORE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN; VALIDATION STUDY; AGED; CHEST PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROCEDURES; STANDARD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; CHEST PAIN; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIAGE;

EID: 84946712241     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: 14785242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp15X687385     Document Type: Article

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