Improving the care of patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes in the emergency department: The CRUSADE initiative

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1146-1155

  Hoekstra, James W ^a   Pollack, Charles V ^b   Roe, Matthew T ^b   Peterson, Eric D ^b   Brindis, Ralph ^b   Harrington, Robert A ^b   Christenson, Robert H ^b   Smith, Sidney C ^b   Ohman, E Magnus ^b   Gibler, W Brian ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 258 Meiling Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Compliance; CRUSADE; Evidence based guidelines; Practice guidelines; Quality

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; EPTIFIBATIDE; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; TICLOPIDINE; TIROFIBAN; WARFARIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET THERAPY; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING CESSATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STANDARDIZATION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ANGINA, UNSTABLE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYNDROME; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036843318     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/aemj.9.11.1146     Document Type: Article

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