Why does the general practitioner refer patients with chest pain not-urgently to the specialist or urgently to the emergency department? Influence of the certainty of the initial diagnosis.
BACKGROUND: Chest pain is an initial symptom for several minor diseases but acute myocardial infarction (AMI) should not be missed. AIM: To assess the influence of initial diagnosis and degree of certainty of this initial diagnosis on the referral decision and the referral method (urgent-non-urgent...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2009
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