Initial ECG Acquisition Within 10 Minutes of Arrival at the Emergency Department in Persons With Chest Pain: Time and Gender Differences

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 109-112

  Zègre Hemsey, Jessica ^a   Sommargren, Claire E ^a   Drew, Barbara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Electrocardiogram; Emergency department

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; THORAX PAIN; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CALIFORNIA; CHEST PAIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78651366622     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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