Temporal changes in emergency department triage of patients with acute myocardial infarction and the effect on outcomes

American Heart Journal

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 451-459

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

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; ONTARIO; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIAGE;

EID: 80052280821     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2011.05.015     Document Type: Article

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