Initial treatment of acute coronary syndromes. Is there a future for MONA acronym after the 2010 guidelines?

Resuscitation

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Nikolaou, Nikolaos I ^a   Vrints, Christiaan J ^b  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; MORPHINE; NITRATE; OXYGEN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AMBULANCE; HUMAN; HYPEROXIA; LETTER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY;

ABBREVIATIONS AS TOPIC; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ASPIRIN; HUMANS; MORPHINE; NITRATES; OXYGEN; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 83555178485     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.09.024     Document Type: Letter

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