Effects of high-urgency ambulance transportation on pro-B-type natriuretic peptide levels in patients with heart failure

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 568-576

  Weber, Ulrike ^a   Reitinger, Agnes ^a   Erdeii, Tomasz ^b   Hellmich, Christian ^c   Steinlechner, Barbara ^a   Hager, Helmut ^a   Selzer, Michael ^a   Hiesmayr, Michael ^a   Rajek, Angela ^a   Kober, Alexander ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c Vienna Red Cross   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PAIN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; AMBULANCES; ANXIETY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHEST PAIN; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; OXYGEN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77953301382     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.12.041     Document Type: Article

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