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Krantz MJ, Zwang O, Rowan SB, et al. A cooperative care model: cardiologists and hospitalists reduce length of stay in a chest pain observation unit. Crit Pathw Cardiol. 2005;4(2):55-8doi: 10.1097/01.hpc.0000164083.44679.75.
Krantz, M. J., Zwang, O., Rowan, S. B., Cleary, B., Chu, E., Reid, M. B., Cantrill, S. V., Havranek, E. P., & Albert, R. K. (2005). A cooperative care model: cardiologists and hospitalists reduce length of stay in a chest pain observation unit. Critical pathways in cardiology, 4(2), 55-8. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.hpc.0000164083.44679.75
Krantz, Mori J, et al. "A cooperative care model: cardiologists and hospitalists reduce length of stay in a chest pain observation unit." Critical pathways in cardiology vol. 4,2 (2005): 55-8. doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.hpc.0000164083.44679.75
Krantz MJ, Zwang O, Rowan SB, Cleary B, Chu E, Reid MB, Cantrill SV, Havranek EP, Albert RK. A cooperative care model: cardiologists and hospitalists reduce length of stay in a chest pain observation unit. Crit Pathw Cardiol. 2005 Jun;4(2):55-8. doi: 10.1097/01.hpc.0000164083.44679.75. PMID: 18340186.
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Crit Pathw Cardiol. 2005 Jun;4(2):55-8. doi: 10.1097/01.hpc.0000164083.44679.75.

A cooperative care model: cardiologists and hospitalists reduce length of stay in a chest pain observation unit.

Critical pathways in cardiology

Mori J Krantz, Oren Zwang, Shane B Rowan, Barbara Cleary, Eugene Chu, Mark B Reid, Stephen V Cantrill, Edward P Havranek, Richard K Albert

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  1. Denver Health Medical Center and University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80204, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 18340186 DOI: 10.1097/01.hpc.0000164083.44679.75

Abstract

Chest pain observation units are increasingly used to evaluate patients at low risk for cardiovascular events and are commonly staffed by cardiologists. The role of hospitalists in this setting has not been described. We assessed emergency department (ED) length of stay before and after adding hospitalists to the care team among 493 patients. Prior to intervention, median ED length of stay was 19.3 hours, which decreased to 11.0 hours with the addition of hospitalists (43% decrease, P <0.0001). No significant difference in 30-day cardiac event rate was observed (5% versus 6%, P = 0.68).

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