Influence of sex on the out-of-hospital management of chest pain

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 80-87

  Meisel, Zachary F ^a   Armstrong, Katrina ^a   Mechem, C Crawford ^a,b   Shofer, Frances S ^c   Peacock, Nick ^d   Facenda, Kim ^b   Pollack, Charles V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b City of Philadelphia   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Aspirin; Chest pain; Disparities; EMS; Nitroglycerin; Out of hospital; Prehospital; Sex

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; OXYGEN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ASPIRIN; CHEST PAIN; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NITROGLYCERIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; VASODILATOR AGENTS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 75449090319     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00618.x     Document Type: Article

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