Acute management of ST-elevation myocardial infarction in a tertiary hospital in Kenya: Are we complying with practice guidelines?

African Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 104-108

  Wachira, Benjamin W ^a   Owuor, Andrew O ^a   Otieno, Harun A ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Fibrinolysis; Myocardial Infarction; Percutaneous Coronary Intervention; Practice Guideline; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTRAAORTIC BALLOON PUMP; KENYA; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REPERFUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 84908074687     PISSN: 2211419X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.afjem.2013.12.003     Document Type: Article

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