Characteristics and outcome of patients with acute chest pain in relation to the use of ambulances in an urban and a rural area

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 775-781

  Herlitz, Johan ^a,c   Hjälte, Lena ^b,c   Karlson, Björn W ^a,d   Suserud, Björn Ove ^c   Karlsson, Thomas ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

^d ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHEST SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COURSE EVALUATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RURAL AREA; THORAX PAIN; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULANCES; ANGINA PECTORIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, COUNTY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33750609070     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2006.03.016     Document Type: Article

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