Utility of routine coagulation studies in emergency department patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 502-506

  Schwartz, Dagan ^a,b  

^a Mt Sinai Medical Center Cleveland   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Coagulation; Emergency department; Partial thromboplastin time; Prothrombin time

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEART ENZYME; HEPARIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; WARFARIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; CORONARY DISEASE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEPARIN; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 23344445968     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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