U.S. Emergency Department Visits for Supraventricular Tachycardia, 1993-2003

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 578-581

  Murman, David H ^a   McDonald, Alden J ^a   Pelletier, Andrea J ^a   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

disease management; epidemiology; supraventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248571668     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2007.01.013     Document Type: Article

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