Emergency ambulance transport induces stress in patients with acute coronary syndrome

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 524-528

  Weber, U ^a   Reitinger, A ^a   Szusz, R ^b   Hellmich, C ^c   Steinlechner, B ^a   Hager, H ^a   Mora, B ^a   Selzer, M ^a   Hiesmayr, M ^a   Kober, A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c Vienna Red Cross   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; LACTIC ACID; NORADRENALIN; OXYGEN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRESS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; AMBULANCES; BLOOD PRESSURE; EPINEPHRINE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MIDDLE AGED; NOREPINEPHRINE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 67649785026     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2008.059212     Document Type: Article

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