Triage disposition of patients with acute myocardial infarction - ACSIS 2000

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 786-790

  Arbelle, Jonathan E ^a   Porath, Avi ^a   Cohen, Eytan ^b,c   Gilutz, Harel ^a   Garty, Moshe ^b,c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acute Coronary Ischemia Time Insensitive Predictive Instrument; Acute myocardial infarction; Index of Coexistent Diseases; Triage

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; MEDICINE; PROBABILITY;

MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COMORBIDITY; CRITICAL CARE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TRIAGE;

EID: 0344444765     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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