Prevalence of acute myocardial infarction and other serious diagnoses in patients presenting to an urban emergency department with chest pain

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 383-390

  Kohn, Michael A ^a,b   Kwan, Elizabeth ^c,d   Gupta, Malkeet ^e   Tabas, Jeffrey A ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Mills Peninsula Health Services   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ALAMEDA COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Differential diagnosis; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX PAIN; UNITED STATES; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; URBAN POPULATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CHEST PAIN; DATABASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAN FRANCISCO; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 27144504683     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2005.04.010     Document Type: Article

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