Factors influencing emergency department arrival time and in-hospital management of patients with acute myocardial infarction

Advances in Therapy

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 244-255

  Ayrik, Cuneyt ^a   Ergene, Ulku ^b   Kinay, Ozan ^c   Nazli, Cem ^c   Unal, Belgin ^d   Ergene, Oktay ^c  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Ye ilyurt State Hospital   (Turkey)

^d DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Emergency department; Hospital arrival time; Management of AMI

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; STREPTOKINASE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; GENDER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERAPY DELAY; TIME; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE; TURKEY;

EID: 33745047368     PISSN: 0741238X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02850130     Document Type: Article

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