Unexpected mortality in patients discharged from the emergency department following an episode of nontraumatic chest pain

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-8

  Geraldine McMahon, C ^a   Yates, David W ^b   Hollis, Sally ^c  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac prevention and control; Chest pain diagnosis; Coronary disease; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; THORAX PAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEST PAIN; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 37849046865     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e32827b14cd     Document Type: Article

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