Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 56, Issue 5 , Pages 455-462 , November 2010

Safety of Assessment of Patients With Potential Ischemic Chest Pain in an Emergency Department Waiting Room: A Prospective Comparative Cohort Study

  • Frank Xavier Scheuermeyer, MD, MHSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Paul's Hospital and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Frank Scheuermeyer, MD, MHSc, Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Paul's Hospital, 1081 Burrard St, Vancouver, BC V6Z 1Y6, Canada; 604-806-8480, fax 604-806-8488
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  • Jim Christenson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Paul's Hospital and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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  • Grant Innes, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Emergency Medicine, Foothills Hospital and the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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  • Barb Boychuk, RN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Paul's Hospital and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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  • Eugenia Yu, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Paul's Hospital and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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  • Eric Grafstein, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Paul's Hospital and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Received 26 November 2009 ,Revised 6 March 2010 ,Accepted 30 March 2010.

 Supervising editor: David L. Schriger, MD, MPH

 Author contributions: FXS and JC conceived the study and designed the trial. JC, GI, BB, and EG supervised the conduct of the trial and data collection. BB and EY managed the database. FXS provided statistical analysis and drafted the article. All authors contributed substantially to its revision. FXS 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. The authors have stated that no such relationships exist. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement.

 Publication date: Available online May 23, 2010.

 Earn CME Credit: Continuing Medical Education is available for this article at: www.ACEP-EMedHome.com.

 See page 456 for the Editor's Capsule Summary of this article.

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PII: S0196-0644(10)00350-1

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.03.043

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 56, Issue 5 , Pages 455-462 , November 2010

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