How can we identify low- and high-risk patients among unselected patients with possible acute coronary syndrome?

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-31

  Nielsen, Kirsten Melgaard ^a   Faergeman, Ole ^a   Larsen, Mogens Lytken ^a   Foldspang, Anders ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY CARE UNITS; CORONARY DISEASE; DENMARK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33845224668     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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