Prehospital behaviour of patients admitted with acute coronary syndrome or witnessed cardiac arrest

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 141-148

  Ottesen, Michael Mundt ^a   Dixen, Ulrik ^b   Torp Pedersen, Christian ^c   Køber, Lars ^d  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^c BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Behaviour; Delay; Heart arrest; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WITNESS; WORK SCHEDULE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037777680     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14017430310009557     Document Type: Article

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