Time Course of Hemoglobin Concentrations in the Intensive Care Unit in Nonbleeding Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 579-582

  Previsdomini, Marco ^a   Stocker, Reto ^a   Corti, Roberto ^a   Cerutti, Bernard ^b   Perren, Andreas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Public Health and Social Welfare ^*  (Switzerland)

^c Ospedale Regionale Bellinzona e Valli   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALTEPLASE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NADROPARIN; STREPTOKINASE; TENECTEPLASE; TIROFIBAN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX PAIN; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CORONARY CARE UNITS; CORONARY DISEASE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOGLOBINS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; NITROGLYCERIN; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNDROME; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 34547669111     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.03.065     Document Type: Article

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