Factors predisposing to a nonadmission of patients with acute myocardial infarction

Cardiology

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 75-80

  Kentsch, Michael ^a,e   Rodemerk, Uwe ^b   Münzel, Thomas ^c   Müller Esch, Gert ^d   Ittel, Thomas Heinz ^b   Mitusch, Rolf ^b  

^a Hospital Itzehoe   (Germany)

^b Hospital Stralsund   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^d Children's Hospital Konstanz   (Germany)

^e Department of Internal Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decision making; Diagnostic errors; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAUSALITY; CHEST PAIN; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0036436603     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000064668     Document Type: Article

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