Determining chest pain patients' suitability for transfer to a general ward following admission to a cardiac care unit.

The objective of this study was to assess the performance of a consensus-derived decision algorithm in determining chest pain patients' suitability for early transfer to a lower dependency ward by predicting complications. The sample comprised 516 patients with chest pain presumed to be cardiac in o...

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Publicado en:Journal of Advanced Nursing (Wiley-Blackwell) Vol. 32; no. 2; pp. 310 - 318
Autores principales: Quinn T, Thompson DR, Boyle RM
Formato: algorithm equations & formulas research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Aug2000
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