A comparison of management and short-term outcomes of acute myocardial infarction patients admitted to coronary care units and medical wards: The importance of case mix

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 507-513

  Porath, Avi ^a   Arbelle, Jonathan E ^a   Grossman, Ehud ^b   Gilutz, Harel ^a   Cohen, Eytan ^c   Greenfield, Sheldon ^d   Garty, Moshe ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Ischemic heart disease; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE MIX; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; Q WAVE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036891019     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0953-6205(02)00162-0     Document Type: Article

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