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View Post: For Chest Pain in the ER, CT Angiography May Be Best « The ACUTE ...
19 Nov 2009 by coptermedic  
Compared to standard emergency room triage, CT angiography is quicker, more accurate and much less expensive for screening patients with chest pain who have low to moderate enzyme and EKG scores, according to a new study. ...
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View Post: Coronary CTA triages ER chest pain patients safely, inexpensively ...
18 Nov 2009
Cardiac CTA has matched the clinical safety of a standard emergency room protocol for triaging chest pain patients with suspected myocardial infarction while cutting costs by more than a third in a multicenter randomized clinical trial ...
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View Post: Teach Yourself Medicine: Why we all need to know a little medicine
9 hours ago by Dr. Liz Miller  
Six days later as BR was preparing to be discharged home, he collapsed with shortness of breath, a rapid heart beat, anxiety and chest pain. This was thought to be a chest infection, he was treated with antibiotics and seen by a ...
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View Post: Some chest pain patients wait longer than 10 minutes to see ER ...
10 Nov 2009 by BJS  
10 on a range of topics at the American Public Health Association's annual meeting in Philadelphia, including a study that examined compliance with national recommendations that a physician screen chest pain patients within 10 minutes ...
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View Post: Revenue Minister Narayan Rane Hospitalised for chest pain
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17 Nov 2009 by ketan100   ...
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