The effect of pastoral care services on anxiety, depression, hope, religious coping, and religious problem solving styles: a randomized controlled study.

This randomized controlled study measured the effect of chaplain interventions on coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) patients over time. One hundred sixty-six CABG patients, received pre- and post-surgery testing at 1 month and 6 months with four instruments. Five chaplain visits were made to the intervention group, the control group received none.

Dobutamine Stress Tele-Echocardiography as a Clinical Service in the Emergency Department to Evaluate Patients With Chest Pain.

Patients presenting with chest pain to the emergency department should be efficiently triaged. During our previous research trial, the use of dobutamine stress tele-echocardiography (DSTE) effectively and safely allowed the diagnosis of patients who could be released from the emergency department. To assess the usefulness of DSTE as a clinical service, the protocols, training, and implementation of our experience are reviewed from > 4 years of testing 734 patients in our emergency department.

Echocardiography in the Emergency Department: From the Perspective of the Emergency Physician and the Cardiologist.

Echocardiography performed in the emergency department must adapt to this new setting for noninvasive diagnostic testing. Emergency physicians require echocardiography to provide rapid diagnosis in life-threatening emergencies. New initiatives are being proposed by emergency physicians in the delivery of this test.