Exploring the medical need for alternate site testing: A clinician's perspective
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Becker, RC
Published in: Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
1995
The ability of the clinician to make rapid and precise decisions is the cornerstone of cost-effective patient care. Alternate site testing can provide rapid information to clinicians in emergency departments and critical care units. This can increase cost-effectiveness of treatment by shortening the length of hospital stays and reducing unnecessary treatment. Currently available alternate site coagulation methods allow for much more rapid achievement of effective and safe levels of anticoagulation. Potential alternate site methods of measurement of cardiac enzymes could reduce admissions to critical care units for chest pain and improve assessment of coronary artery reperfusion.
Duke Scholars
Published In
Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
ISSN
0003-9985
Publication Date
1995
Volume
119
Issue
10
Start / End Page
894 / 897
Related Subject Headings
- Pathology
- 1103 Clinical Sciences
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Becker, R. C. (1995). Exploring the medical need for alternate site testing: A clinician's perspective. Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 119(10), 894–897.
Becker, R. C. “Exploring the medical need for alternate site testing: A clinician's perspective.” Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 119, no. 10 (1995): 894–97.
Becker RC. Exploring the medical need for alternate site testing: A clinician's perspective. Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. 1995;119(10):894–7.
Becker, R. C. “Exploring the medical need for alternate site testing: A clinician's perspective.” Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, vol. 119, no. 10, 1995, pp. 894–97.
Becker RC. Exploring the medical need for alternate site testing: A clinician's perspective. Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. 1995;119(10):894–897.
Published In
Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
ISSN
0003-9985
Publication Date
1995
Volume
119
Issue
10
Start / End Page
894 / 897
Related Subject Headings
- Pathology
- 1103 Clinical Sciences