Do Gender and Race Make a Difference in Acute Coronary Syndrome Pretest Probabilities in the Emergency Department?

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 142-151

  Musey, Paul I ^a   Kline, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RECIDIVISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CHEST PAIN; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CHEST PAIN; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 85011589722     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.13131     Document Type: Article

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