Identifying and managing patients with acute coronary conditions

Emergency Nurse

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 18-23

  Sen, Bas ^a   McNab, Angela ^a   Burdess, Christopher ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cannulation; Invasive procedures; Nurse training

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NURSING AUDIT; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRIAGE;

EID: 75349087438     PISSN: 13545752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7748/en2009.11.17.7.18.c7375     Document Type: Short Survey

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