Half of the patients with chest pain that are urgently referred are transported in unsafe conditions

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 330-333

  Bruyninckx, Rudi ^a   Van Den Bruel, Ann ^a   Aertgeerts, Bert ^a   Van Casteren, Viviane ^b   Buntinx, Frank ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ambulance; Chest pain; Primary health care; Referral and consultation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX PAIN; ANGINA PECTORIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TIME;

AMBULANCES; ANGINA PECTORIS; BELGIUM; CHEST PAIN; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT TRANSFER; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 64849112165     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e328302c840     Document Type: Article

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