Patient sex and quality of ED care for patients with myocardial infarction

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 996-1003

  Vinson, David R ^a   Magid, David J ^b,c,d   Brand, David W ^b   Masoudi, Frederick A ^c,g   Ho, P Michael ^c,f   Lyons, Ella E ^b   Crounse, Laurie ^b   van der Vlugt, Theresa M ^a   Padgett, Thomas G ^a   Tricomi, Albert J ^c   Go, Alan S ^e   Rumsfeld, John S ^c,f  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; ASPIRIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36048958026     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.02.049     Document Type: Article

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