Electrocardiograph interpretation by junior doctors.
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Electrocardiograph interpretation by junior doctors.
The object of this study was to assess the ability of junior doctors in the accident and emergency department to detect electrocardiographic (ECG) abnormalities. The ECG's performed in this department were monitored over a 4 week period. The initial diagnosis by the accident and emergency doctor was compared with the report from the cardiologist on 126 ECG's which showed abnormalities. The erro...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emergency Medicine Journal
سال: 1990
ISSN: 1472-0205,1472-0213
DOI: 10.1136/emj.7.2.108