Prehospital transport of patients with acute myocardial infarction: A community-wide perspective

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 266-274

  Goldberg, Robert J ^a,b   Kramer, Daniel G ^b   Yarzebski, Jorge ^a   Lessard, Darleen ^a   Gore, Joel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AMBULANCES; DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 46649111179     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2007.05.013     Document Type: Article

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