Emergency medical service predictive instrument-Aided diagnosis and treatment of acute coronary syndromes and st-segment elevation myocardial infarction in the immediate trial

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-148

  Selker, Harry P ^a   Beshansky, Joni R ^a   Ruthazer, Robin ^a   Sheehan, Patricia R ^a   Sayah, Assaad J ^b   Atkins, James M ^c   Aufderheide, Tom P ^d   Pirrallo, Ronald G ^d   D'Agostino, Ralph B ^e   Massaro, Joseph M ^f   Griffith, John L ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Cambridge Health Alliance ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^e Boston University   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

acute coronary syndromes; acute myocardial infarction; clinical decision support; electrocardiology; emergency medical service

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; THORAX PAIN; TIME;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CHEST PAIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952272267     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2010.545478     Document Type: Article

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