Missed Diagnoses of Acute Cardiac Ischemia in the Emergency Department

Pope, Jennifer; P. Aufderheide, Tom; Ruthazer, Robin; Woolard, Robert; A. Feldman, James; R. Beshansky, Joni; L. Griffith, John; P. Selker, Harry

doi:10.1056/nejm200004203421603

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Missed Diagnoses of Acute Cardiac Ischemia in the Emergency Department

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Apr 20, 2000

Authors:

Jennifer Pope

Tom P. Aufderheide

Robin Ruthazer

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Discharging patients with acute myocardial infarction or unstable angina from the emergency department because of missed diagnoses can have dire consequences. We studied the incidence of, factors related to, and clinical outcomes of failure to hospitalize patients with acute cardiac isch...

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Medicine

Emergency department

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