English as a second language and outcomes of patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes: Results from the CONCORDANCE registry

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 204, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 239.e1-239.e7

  Juergens, Craig P ^a,f   Dabin, Bilyana ^b   French, John K ^a,f   Kritharides, Leonard ^b   Hyun, Karice ^c   Kilian, Jens ^d   Chew, Derek P B ^e   Brieger, David ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^c GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^d BANKSTOWN LIDCOMBE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PRASUGREL; TICAGRELOR;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84962464710     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja15.00812     Document Type: Article

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