Relationship between pain severity and outcomes in patients presenting with potential acute coronary syndromes

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 501-507

  Edwards, Meredith ^a   Chang, Anna Marie ^b   Matsuura, Asako C ^b   Green, Michael ^b   Robey, Jennifer M ^b   Hollander, Judd E ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE; REVASCULARIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; TELEPHONE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGE FACTORS; CHEST PAIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 81555201454     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.05.036     Document Type: Article

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