Reduction in Radiation Exposure through a Stress Test Algorithm in an Emergency Department Observation Unit

INTRODUCTION: Clinicians are urged to decrease radiation exposure from unnecessary medical procedures. Many emergency department (ED) patients placed in an observation unit (EDOU) do not require chest pain evaluation with a nuclear stress test (NucST). We sought to implement a simple ST algorithm th...

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Autores principales: Pena, Margarita E., Jakob, Michael R., Cohen, Gerald I., Irvin, Charlene B., Solano, Nastaran, Bowerman, Ashley R., Szpunar, Susan M., Dixon, Mason K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2016
Materias:
Healthcare Utilization
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4786252/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26973734
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2015.12.27895

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4786252/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26973734
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2015.12.27895

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