Sex differences in STEMI activation for patients presenting to the ED 1939

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1939-1943

  Choi, Katherine ^a   Shofer, Frances S ^a   Mills, Angela M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RANK SUM TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; THORAX PAIN; TIME; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84990055137     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2016.06.082     Document Type: Article

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