Comprehensive standardized data definitions for acute coronary syndrome research in emergency departments in Australasia: Special Report

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-55

  Cullen, Louise ^a,b,c   Than, Martin ^d,e   Brown, Anthony Ft ^a,c   Richards, Mark ^d   Parsonage, William ^a,c   Flaws, Dylan ^c   Hollander, Judd E ^f   Christenson, Robert H ^g   Kline, Jeffrey A ^h   Goodacre, Steven ⁱ   Jaffe, Allan S ^j  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^j MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

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Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Chest pain; Data reporting; Emergency; Research design

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AUSTRALIA; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 77049106895     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2010.01256.x     Document Type: Review

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