Delays in presentation with acute coronary syndrome in people with coronary artery disease in Australia and New Zealand

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 153-161

  Mckinley, Sharon ^a,b   Aitken, Leanne M ^c   Marshall, Andrea P ^d   Buckley, Thomas ^d   Baker, Heather ^e   Davidson, Patricia M ^f   Dracup, Kathleen ^g  

^a Northern Sydney Central Coast Health   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Coronary artery disease; Emergency medical service; Prehospital delay

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TIME; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; AUSTRALIA; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79954493258     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2011.01385.x     Document Type: Article

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