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" Reduction in Radiation Exposure through a Stress Test Algorithm in an Emergency Department Observation Unit "
Pena, Margarita E.; Jakob, Michael R.; Cohen, Gerald I.; Irvin, Charlene B.; Solano, Nastaran; Bowerman, Ashley R.; Szpunar, Susan M.; Dixon, Mason K.
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AL
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933354
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LA70v430qk
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English
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Pena, Margarita E.; Jakob, Michael R.; Cohen, Gerald I.; Irvin, Charlene B.; Solano, Nastaran; Bowerman, Ashley R.; Szpunar, Susan M.; Dixon, Mason K.
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Reduction in Radiation Exposure through a Stress Test Algorithm in an Emergency Department Observation Unit [Article]\ Pena, Margarita E.; Jakob, Michael R.; Cohen, Gerald I.; Irvin, Charlene B.; Solano, Nastaran; Bowerman, Ashley R.; Szpunar, Susan M.; Dixon, Mason K.
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Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health
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17/2
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2016
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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 that favors non-nuclear stress test (Non-NucST) options to evaluate the effect of the algorithm on the proportion of patients exposed to radiation by comparing use of NucST versus Non-NucST pre- and post-algorithm.
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