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Telemetry for chest pain. (Clinical Capsules).

Internal Medicine News

| November 15, 2002 | Moon, Mary Ann | COPYRIGHT 2002 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The use of telemetry monitoring in non-ICU settings has expanded considerably for patients presenting to the emergency department with chest pain but thought to be at low risk for MI.

That costly approach appears to be unnecessary in nearly 40% of cases, according to Dr. Adam Snider and his associates at North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, N.Y. Their facility, a major cardiac referral center for the New York City area, doubled the number of non-ICU telemetry ...

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