Acute myocardial infarction: Quality of care in rural Alberta

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 52, Issue JAN., 2006, Pages 68-69

  Domes, Trustin ^a   Szafran, Olga ^a   Bilous, Cheryl ^b   Olson, Odell ^b   Spooner, G Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b East Central Health Authority   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; MORPHINE; OXYGEN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART REHABILITATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT COUNSELING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; URINALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBERTA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33744476121     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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