A Bayesian Sensitivity Analysis of Out-of-hospital 12-lead Electrocardiograms: Implications for Regionalization of Cardiac Care

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1165-1171

  Youngquist, Scott T ^a   Kaji, Amy H ^a   Lipsky, Ari M ^a   Koenig, William J ^a   Niemann, James T ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian; electrocardiogram; out of hospital; ST elevation myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGIONALIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; BAYES THEOREM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT TRANSFER; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIAGE;

EID: 36248988487     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2007.07.009     Document Type: Article

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