Effects of age, race, and sex on door-to-electrocardiogram time in emergency department non-st elevation acute coronary syndrome patients

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-127

  Yates, Robert B ^a   Hiestand, Brian C ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acute coronary syndrome; electrocardiography; health care disparities

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON ST SEGMENT ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79751524532     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2008.01.024     Document Type: Article

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