Identifying acute coronary syndrome patients approaching end-of-life

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Fenning, Stephen ^a   Woolcock, Rebecca ^a   Haga, Kristin ^a   Iqbal, Javaid ^b   Fox, Keith A ^a   Murray, Scott A ^c   Denvir, Martin A ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOBAL REGISTRY OF ACUTE CORONARY EVENTS SCORE; GOLD STANDARDS FRAMEWORK; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TERMINAL CARE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 84859949275     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035536     Document Type: Article

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