The effect of a charted history of depression on emergency department triage and outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 183, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 663-669

  Atzema, Clare L ^a   Schull, Michael J ^a   Tu, Jack V ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANADA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 79953771559     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.100685     Document Type: Article

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