Do we need new clinical standards in management of acute myocardial infarction?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 315-316

  Cooke, Matthew W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ATORVASTATIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; MORPHINE; NITRATE; OXYGEN; SIMVASTATIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARREST; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORTALITY; NOTE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SEPSIS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STANDARD; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 34247853214     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2007.047191     Document Type: Note

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