Factors influencing arrival of patients with acute myocardial infarction at emergency departments: Implications for community nursing interventions

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1469-1477

  Xanthos, Theodoros ^a   Pantazopoulos, Ioannis ^a   Vlachos, Ioannis ^a   Stroumpoulis, Konstantinos ^b   Barouxis, Dimitrios ^a   Kitsou, Vassiliki ^b   Marathias, Katerina ^c   Karabinis, Andreas ^d   Papadimitriou, Lila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

^d Geniko Kratiko Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Community nursing; Emergency department; Prehospital delay; Reperfusion

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CORONARY CARE UNIT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GREECE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICS; TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GREECE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954210147     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05301.x     Document Type: Article

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