A door-to-needle time of 30 minutes or less for myocardial infarction thrombolysis is possible in rural emergency departments

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 429-433

  Vlahaki, Dean ^a   Fiaani, Majed ^b   Milne, William Ken ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Department of Psychiatry   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d South Huron Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

Door to needle time; Fibrinolysis; Myocardial infarction; Rural; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EARLY INTERVENTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 54849407991     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500010502     Document Type: Article

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