Overcrowding is associated with delays in percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction

International Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 149-154

  Kulstad, Erik B ^a   Kelley, Ken M ^a  

^a ADVOCATE CHRIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Edwin score; Myocardial infarction; Overcrowding; Treatment delays

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROWDING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDWIN SCORE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THERAPY DELAY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 77952743867     PISSN: 18651372     EISSN: 18651380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12245-009-0107-x     Document Type: Article

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