Community trends in the use and characteristics of persons with acute myocardial infarction who are transported by emergency medical services

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 323-331

  Goldberg, Robert J ^a   Lamusta, Julie ^a   Darling, Chad ^a   DeWolf, Matthew ^a   Saczynski, Jane S ^b   Lessard, Darleen ^a   Ward, Jeanine ^a   Gore, Joel M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Changing trends; Emergency medical services; Pre hospital transport

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY REPERFUSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULANCES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 84862850389     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: 15273288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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