Randomized Trial of Computerized Quantitative Pretest Probability in Low-Risk Chest Pain Patients: Effect on Safety and Resource Use

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 Supervising editor: Deborah B. Diercks, MD

 Author contributions: JAK conceived the work, obtained funding, supervised the project, contributed to the primary analyses, and wrote the article. RZ and JH-N collected and entered data. RZ, JH-N, and AEJ enrolled patients, assisted with analysis, and helped draft the article. JAK takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article that might create any potential conflict of interest. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement. JAK is inventor on a patent application under review by the USPTO relevant to the computerized device used in this report.

 Publication date: Available online January 9, 2009.

PII: S0196-0644(08)01861-1

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.09.034

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