ICare-ACS (Improving Care Processes for Patients with Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome): A Study of Cross-System Implementation of a National Clinical Pathway

Circulation

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 354-363

  Than, Martin P ^a   Pickering, John W ^a   Dryden, Jeremy M ^a   Lord, Sally J ^d   Aitken, S Andrew ^f   Aldous, Sally J ^a   Allan, Kate E ^h   Ardagh, Michael W ^a   Bonning, John W N ^f   Callender, Rosie ^a   Chapman, Laura R E ^f   Christiansen, Jonathan P ^m   Cromhout, Andre P J ^g   Cullen, Louise ^o   Deely, Joanne M ^a   Devlin, Gerard P ^j,k   Ferrier, Katherine A ^f   Florkowski, Christopher M ^q   Frampton, Christopher M A ^b   George, Peter M ^b   Hamilton, Gregory J ^r   Jaffe, Allan S ^s   Kerr, Andrew J ^t   Larkin, G Luke ^t   Makower, Richard M ^c   Matthews, Timothy J E ^t   Parsonage, William A ^p   Peacock, W Frank ^r   Peckler, Bradley F ^e   Van Pelt, Niels C ^c   Poynton, Louise ^f   Richards, A Mark ^b   Scott, Anthony G ⁿ   Simmonds, Mark B ^f,k   Smyth, David ^a   Thomas, Oliver P ^a   To, Andrew C Y ⁱ   Du Toit, Stephen A ^l   Troughton, Richard W ^a   Yates, Kim M ^h   more..

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f University of Sydney ^*  (New Zealand)

^g WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^h Emergency Department Canterbury District Health Board   (New Zealand)

ⁱ Waitakere Hospital   (New Zealand)

^j WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^k Departments of Medicine   (New Zealand)

^l NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

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

ⁿ CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

^o CANTERBURY DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^p MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^r General Medicine Department Wairarapa Hospital   (New Zealand)

^s BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^t NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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Author keywords

acute coronary syndrome; clinical protocols; critical pathways; emergency service, hospital; troponin

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR ADVERSE CARDIAC EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; BLOOD; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; TIME FACTOR; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VERY ELDERLY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMARKERS; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TROPONIN;

EID: 85045635722     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.031984     Document Type: Article

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