Use of medical resources, complications and long-term outcome in patients hospitalized with acute chest pain. A comparison between a city university hospital and a county hospital

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 85, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 229-238

  Karlson, B ^a   Kalin, B ^a   Karlsson, Thomas ^a   Svensson, Lillemor ^a   Zehlertz, Elisabeth ^a   Herlitz, Johan ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Complications; Medication and treatment; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; DIURETIC AGENT; HEPARIN; INSULIN; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DRUG USE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; TIME; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGINA PECTORIS; CHEST PAIN; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, COUNTY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036774770     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(02)00160-2     Document Type: Article

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