Importance of Manchester Triage in acute myocardial infarction: Impact on prognosis

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 212-216

  Providência, Rui ^a   Gomes, Pedro Lourenço ^a   Barra, Sérgio ^a   Silva, Joana ^a   Seca, Luís ^a   Antunes, Alexandre ^a   Pais, João Rosa ^a   Mota, Paula ^a   Leitão Marques, António ^a  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DIABETIC PATIENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THORAX PAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PORTUGAL; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRIAGE;

EID: 79952582989     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2009.081497     Document Type: Article

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