Adherence to an accelerated diagnostic protocol for chest pain: Secondary analysis of the HEART pathway randomized trial

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 70-77

  Mahler, Simon A ^a   Riley, Robert F ^a   Russell, Gregory B ^a   Hiestand, Brian C ^a   Hoekstra, James W ^a   Lefebvre, Cedric W ^a   Nicks, Bret A ^a   Cline, David M ^a   Askew, Kim L ^a   Bringolf, John ^a   Elliott, Stephanie B ^a   Herrington, David M ^a   Burke, Gregory L ^a   Miller, Chadwick D ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMBULANCE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LOW RISK PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN; CHEST PAIN; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; CHEST PAIN; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84954362145     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12835     Document Type: Conference Paper

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