Emergency manangement of cardiac chest pain: A review

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 6-10

  Herren, K R ^a   Mackway Jones, Kevin ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALTEPLASE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CREATINE KINASE MB; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; STREPTOKINASE; CREATINE KINASE; ISOENZYME;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; BLEEDING DISORDER; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT; THORAX PAIN; BLOOD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART INFARCTION; RISK;

CHEST PAIN; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK; TRIAGE;

EID: 0035542616     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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