Pain characteristics in patients with unexplained chest pain and patients with ischemic heart disease

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 130-136

  Jerlock, Margaretha ^a   Welin, Catharina ^a   Rosengren, Annika ^b   Gaston Johansson, Fannie ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest pain characterization; Ischemic heart disease; Pain O Meter; Unexplained chest pain

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CODEINE; IBUPROFEN; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PARACETAMOL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORY EVALUATION; THORAX PAIN; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AFFECT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHEST PAIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEMANTICS; SENSATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34248577244     PISSN: 14745151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcnurse.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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