Prehospital 12-lead electrocardiography impact on acute myocardial infarction treatment times and mortality: A systematic review

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 84-89

  Morrison, Laurie J ^a,b   Brooks, Steven ^c,d   Sawadsky, Bruce ^a,b,e   McDonald, Andrew ^a,b   Verbeek, P Richard ^a,b  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e Ont Air Ambulance Base Hosp Prog   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Electrocardiogram; Emergency medical services; Mortality; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBASE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; KAPPA STATISTICS; MEDLINE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SCALE UP; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCISEARCH; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TIME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 29244440177     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2005.07.042     Document Type: Article

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