Use of emergency medical services in acute myocardial infarction and subsequent quality of care: Observations from the national registry of myocardial infarction 2

Circulation

Volumn 106, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 3018-3023

  Canto, John G ^a,b   Zalenski, Robert J ^c   Ornato, Joseph P ^d   Rogers, William J ^a   Kiefe, Catarina I ^b   Magid, David ^e   Shlipak, Michael G ^f   Frederick, Paul D ^g   Lambrew, Costas G ^h   Littrell, Katherine A ⁱ   Barron, Hal V ^f,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^h University of Vermont   (United States)

ⁱ GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulances; Chest pain; Emergency medical services; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AMBULANCES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037058887     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000041246.20352.03     Document Type: Article

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