Factors influencing ambulance use in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction in Beijing, China

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 272-278

  Yan, Hong Bing ^a   Song, Li ^a   Chen, Hui ^b   Zhang, Jian ^c   Li, Shi Ying ^a   Li, Qing Xiang ^a   Cheng, Shu Juan ^a   Wang, Jian ^a   Zhao, Han Jun ^a   Hu, Da Yi ^d  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Beijing Emergency Medical Center   (China)

^c CHINA JAPAN FRIENDSHIP HOSPITAL   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Ambulance use; Myocardial infarction; Predictors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYMPTOM;

AGED; AMBULANCES; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 62749159944     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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