Observational study of prehospital delays in patients with chest pain

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 270-273

  Hitchcock, Tom ^a   Rossouw, F ^b   McCoubrie, D ^c   Meek, S ^b  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FIRST AID; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORTALITY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0037842292     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.20.3.270     Document Type: Article

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