Cost-effectiveness of Quantitative Pretest Probability Intended to Reduce Unnecessary Medical Radiation Exposure in Emergency Department Patients With Chest Pain and Dyspnea.

CONCLUSIONS: Widespread use of a combined qPTP for both ACS and PE has the potential to decrease costs by reducing diagnostic testing, while improving most long-term outcomes in emergency patients with chest pain and dyspnea. PMID: 25899550 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Accident and Emergency Nursing - April 21, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Troyer JL, Jones AE, Shapiro NI, Mitchell AM, Hewer I, Kline JA Tags: Acad Emerg Med Source Type: research