References

• "Missed diagnoses of acute myocardial infarction in the emergency department: results from a multicenter study [see comments] " McCarthy BD; Beshansky JR; D'Agostino RB; Selker HP , Ann Emerg Med, 1993 Mar, 22:3, 579-82
• "Audit of a rural hospital's coronary care unit: comparison of two predictive instruments of acute myocardial infarction mortality. " Tighe M; Kellett J; Reddan C; Ryan B , Ir J Med Sci, 1996 Oct-Dec, 165:4, 254-8
• "The use of empiric clinical data in the evaluation of practice guidelines for unstable angina. " Katz DA; Griffith JL; Beshansky JR; Selker HP , JAMA, 1996 Nov 20, 276:19, 1568-74
• "Influence of sex on the use of cardiac procedures in patients presenting to the emergency department. A prospective multicenter study. " Maynard C; Beshansky JR; Griffith JL; Selker HP , Circulation, 1996 Nov 1, 94:9 Suppl, II93-8
• "Physician electrocardiogram reading in the emergency department--accuracy and effect on triage decisions: findings from a multicenter study. " Jayes RL Jr; Larsen GC; Beshansky JR; D'Agostino RB; Selker HP , J Gen Intern Med, 1992 Jul-Aug, 7:4, 387-92
• "Acute cardiac ischemia in patients with syncope: importance of the initial electrocardiogram. " Georgeson S; Linzer M; Griffith JL; Weld L; Selker HP , J Gen Intern Med, 1992 Jul-Aug, 7:4, 379-86
• "Prediction of the infarct-related artery in acute myocardial infarction by a scoring system using summary ST-segment and T-wave changes. " Midgette AS; Griffith JL; Califf RM; Laks MM; Dietz SB; Beshansky JR; Selker HP , Am J Cardiol, 1996 Aug 15, 78:4, 389-95
• "Do patients' coronary risk factor reports predict acute cardiac ischemia in the emergency department? A multicenter study. " Jayes RL Jr; Beshansky JR; D'Agostino RB; Selker HP , J Clin Epidemiol, 1992 Jun, 45:6, 621-6
• "A cost-savings analysis of the use of a predictive instrument for coronary-care-unit admission decisions. " Holthof B; Selker HP , Health Care Manage Rev, 1992 Spring, 17:2, 45-50
• "Do older internists use more hospital resources than younger internists for patients hospitalized with chest pain? A study of patients hospitalized in the coronary care and intermediate care units. " Weingarten S; Bolus R; Riedinger M; Selker H; Ellrodt AG , Crit Care Med, 1992 Jun, 20:6, 762-7
• "The utility of severity of illness information in assessing the quality of hospital care. The role of the clinical trajectory. " Iezzoni LI; Restuccia JD; Shwartz M; Schaumburg D; Coffman GA; Kreger BE; Butterly JR; Selker HP , Med Care, 1992 May, 30:5, 428-44
• "Test of the acute cardiac ischemia time-insensitive predictive instrument (ACI-TIPI) for prehospital use. " Aufderheide TP; Rowlandson I; Lawrence SW; Kuhn EM; Selker HP , Ann Emerg Med, 1996 Feb, 27:2, 193-8
• "A comparison of performance of mathematical predictive methods for medical diagnosis: identifying acute cardiac ischemia among emergency department patients. " Selker HP; Griffith JL; Patil S; Long WJ; D'Agostino RB , J Investig Med, 1995 Oct, 43:5, 468-76
• "A time-insensitive predictive instrument for acute myocardial infarction mortality: a multicenter study. " Selker HP; Griffith JL; D'Agostino RB , Med Care, 1991 Dec, 29:12, 1196-211
• "Is coronary-care-unit admission restricted for elderly patients? A multicenter study. " Fleming C; D'Agostino RB; Selker HP , Am J Public Health, 1991 Sep, 81:9, 1121-6
• "A tool for judging coronary care unit admission appropriateness, valid for both real-time and retrospective use. A time-insensitive predictive instrument (TIPI) for acute cardiac ischemia: a multicenter study [published erratum appears in Med Care 1992 Feb;30(2):188] " Selker HP; Griffith JL; D'Agostino RB , Med Care, 1991 Jul, 29:7, 610-27
• "The exclusion of women from clinical trials of thrombolytic therapy: implications for developing the thrombolytic predictive instrument database. " Maynard C; Selker HP; Beshansky JR; Griffith JL; Schmid CH; Califf RM; D'Agostino RB; Laks MM; Lee KL; Wagner GS; et al , Med Decis Making, 1995 Jan-Mar, 15:1, 38-43
• "Electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy in patients with suspected acute cardiac ischemia--its influence on diagnosis, triage, and short-term prognosis: a multicenter study [see comments] " Larsen GC; Griffith JL; Beshansky JR; D'Agostino RB; Selker HP , J Gen Intern Med, 1994 Dec, 9:12, 666-73
• "A time-insensitive predictive instrument for acute hospital mortality due to congestive heart failure: development, testing, and use for comparing hospitals: a multicenter study. " Selker HP; Griffith JL; D'Agostino RB , Med Care, 1994 Oct, 32:10, 1040-52
• "Presenting pulse pressure predicts thrombolytic therapy-related intracranial hemorrhage. Thrombolytic Predictive Instrument (TPI) Project results. " Selker HP; Beshansky JR; Schmid CH; Griffith JL; Longstreth WT Jr; O'Connor CM; Caplan LR; Massey EW; D'Agostino RB; Laks; MM; et al , Circulation, 1994 Oct, 90:4, 1657-61
• "Impact of the acute cardiac ischemia time-insensitive predictive instrument (ACI-TIPI) on the speed of triage decision making for emergency department patients presenting with chest pain: a controlled clinical trial. " Sarasin FP; Reymond JM; Griffith JL; Beshansky JR; Schifferli JA; Unger PF; Scherrer JR; Selker HP , J Gen Intern Med, 1994 Apr, 9:4, 187-94
• "A predictive instrument for acute ischemic heart disease to improve coronary care unit admission practices: a potential on-line tool in a computerized electrocardiograph. " Selker HP; D'Agostino RB; Laks MM , J Electrocardiol, 1988, 21 Suppl:, S11-7
• "A predictive instrument to improve coronary-care-unit admission practices in acute ischemic heart disease. A prospective multicenter clinical trial. " Pozen MW; D'Agostino RB; Selker HP; Sytkowski PA; Hood WB Jr , N Engl J Med, 1984 May 17, 310:20, 1273-8
• "The epidemiology of delays in a teaching hospital. The development and use of a tool that detects unnecessary hospital days [published erratum appears in Med Care 1989 Aug;27(8):841] " Selker HP; Beshansky JR; Pauker SG; Kassirer JP, Med Care, 1989 Feb, 27:2, 112-29
• "How did the acute ischemic heart disease predictive instrument reduce unnecessary coronary care unit admissions? " McNutt RA; Selker HP, Med Decis Making, 1988 Apr-Jun, 8:2, 90-4
• "How do physicians adapt when the coronary care unit is full? A prospective multicenter study. " Selker HP; Griffith JL; Dorey FJ; D'Agostino RB, JAMA, 1987 Mar 6, 257:9, 1181-5

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