Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in the Evaluation and Management of Emergency Department Patients With Suspected Non–ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2018, Pages e65-e106

  Brown, Michael D ^a,a   Wolf, Stephen J ^a   Byyny, Richard ^a   Diercks, Deborah B ^a   Gemme, Seth R ^a   Gerardo, Charles J ^a   Godwin, Steven A ^a   Hahn, Sigrid A ^a   Harrison, Nicholas E ^a   Hatten, Benjamin W ^a   Haukoos, Jason S ^a   Kaji, Amy ^a   Kwok, Heemun ^a   Lo, Bruce M ^a   Mace, Sharon E ^a   Nazarian, Devorah J ^a   Proehl, Jean A ^a   Promes, Susan B ^a   Shah, Kaushal H ^a,a   Shih, Richard D ^a   Silvers, Scott M ^a   Smith, Michael D ^a   Thiessen, Molly E W ^a   Tomaszewski, Christian A ^a   Valente, Jonathan H ^a   Wall, Stephen P ^a   Cantrill, Stephen V ^a   Hirshon, Jon Mark ^a   Schulz, Travis ^a   Whitson, Rhonda R ^a   Nestler, David ^a   Sudhir, Amita ^a   more..

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ALGORITHM; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DUAL ANTIPLATELET THERAPY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXERCISE TEST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART INFARCTION; HISTORY ECG AGE RISK FACTOR TROPONIN SCORE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR ADVERSE CARDIAC EVENT; MANAGED CARE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); THROMBOLYSIS IN MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION SCORE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; ADULT; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MALE; METABOLISM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TROPONIN;

EID: 85054922141     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2018.07.045     Document Type: Review

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