External Validation of the Manchester Acute Coronary Syndromes Decision Rule

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 136-143

  Carlton, Edward ^a,c,d,e   Body, Richard ^b   Greaves, Kim ^a  

^a POOLE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTH BRISTOL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH SENSITIVITY TROPONIN T; TROPONIN T; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FABP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANCHESTER ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES DECISION RULE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; AGED; BLOOD; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FATTY ACID-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; TROPONIN T;

EID: 84958243826     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12860     Document Type: Review

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