Delay in the Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction: Effect on Quality of Care and Its Assessment
Graff LG, Wang Y, Borkowski B, Tuozzo K, Foody JM, Krumholz HM, Radford MJ. Delay in the Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction: Effect on Quality of Care and Its Assessment. Academic Emergency Medicine 2006, 13: 931-938. PMID: 16894002, DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2006.04.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdrenergic beta-AntagonistsAge DistributionAgedAged, 80 and overAngina, UnstableAspirinCohort StudiesConnecticutEvidence-Based MedicineFemaleFibrinolytic AgentsHumansMaleMyocardial InfarctionPatient AdmissionQuality Assurance, Health CareQuality of Health CareRetrospective StudiesTime FactorsConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionAdmission diagnosisBeta blockersQuality of careMyocardial infarctionDiagnosis of AMICharacteristics of patientsPercutaneous coronary interventionPrincipal discharge diagnosisEvidence-based therapiesRate of administrationCoronary interventionCardiac catheterizationDischarge diagnosisPrincipal diagnosisFrequency of delaysDischarge statusPatient careAdmissionAMI diagnosisPatientsDiagnosisMedicare casesCareInfarction