ED triage of patients with acute myocardial infarction: Predictors of low acuity triage

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 694-702

  Atzema, Clare L ^a,b   Austin, Peter C ^a   Tu, Jack V ^a,b   Schull, Michael J ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIAC PATIENT; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS; TIME; AGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEART INFARCTION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ONTARIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRIAGE;

EID: 77955494188     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2009.03.010     Document Type: Article

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