In this era of cost containment and application of practice guidelines to ensure appropriate use of diagnostic procedures and therapeutic interventions, there is a need to identify the most optimal diagnostic evaluation of patients who come to the emergency department with chest pain and a nondiagno
Use of Troponin as a Screen for Chest Pain in the Pediatric Emergency Department
โ Scribed by Jennifer L. Brown; Daniel A. Hirsh; William T. Mahle
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 201 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0172-0643
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