Sex differences in clinical presentation, management and outcome in emergency department patients with chest pain

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 405-413

  Hess, Erik P ^a   Perry, Jeffrey J ^b   Calder, Lisa A ^b   Thiruganasambandamoorthy, Venkatesh ^b   Roger, Veronique L ^a   Wells, George A ^b   Stiell, Ian G ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Diagnosis; Myocardial infarction; Sex differences; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN T;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY PATIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BLOOD; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXERCISE TEST; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AREA UNDER CURVE; CHEST PAIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPONIN T;

EID: 79952197358     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500012550     Document Type: Article

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