Acute chest pain - A prospective population based study of contacts to Norwegian emergency medical communication centres

BMC Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Burman, Robert A ^a,b   Zakariassen, Erik ^a,b,c   Hunskaar, Steinar ^a,b  

^a National Centre for Emergency Primary Health Care   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Norway)

Author keywords

After hours care; Chest pain; Emergencies; Emergency medical services

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON AERONAUTICS SCORE SYSTEM; NORWAY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SYNCOPE; THORAX PAIN; ANGINA PECTORIS; DECISION TREE; HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA PECTORIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION TREES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; TRIAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960560069     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471227X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-227X-11-9     Document Type: Article

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