The prehospital 12-lead electrocardiogram's effect on time to initiation of reperfusion therapy: A systematic review and meta-analysis of existing literature

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 351-356

  Brainard, Andrew Han ^a   Raynovich, William ^b,d   Tandberg, Dan ^a   Bedrick, Edward J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d EMS Academy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EVALUATION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX PAIN; TIME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 19544392352     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2005.02.004     Document Type: Article

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