The appropriateness of single page of activation of the cardiac catheterization laboratory by emergency physician for patients with suspected ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: A cohort study

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kim, Soo H ^a   Oh, Sang H ^a   Choi, Seung P ^a   Park, Kyu N ^a   Kim, Young M ^a   Youn, Chun S ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; KOREA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052578302     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-7241-19-50     Document Type: Article

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