External validation of the emergency department assessment of chest pain score accelerated diagnostic pathway (EDACS-ADP)

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 618-625

  Flaws, Dylan ^a   Than, Martin ^b   Scheuermeyer, Frank Xavier ^c   Christenson, James ^d   Boychuk, Barbara ^e   Greenslade, Jaimi H ^a,f,g   Aldous, Sally ^b   Hammett, Christopher J ^a,f   Parsonage, William A ^a,f   Deely, Joanne M ^h   Pickering, John W ^b   Cullen, Louise ^a,f,g  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e PROVIDENCE HEALTH CARE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^g QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^h CANTERBURY DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

acute coronary syndrome; effectiveness; risk management; statistics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; THORAX PAIN; VALIDATION PROCESS; VERY ELDERLY; BLOOD; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHEST PAIN; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TROPONIN;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMARKERS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHEST PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPONIN;

EID: 84978843002     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2015-205028     Document Type: Article

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