Acute Myocardial Infarction Without Chest Pain
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Chest pain emergency centers: improving acute myocardial infarction care.
Uncertainty and delay are common in the diagnosis of acute coronary syndromes (ACS). In the last 20 years, the need for faster, more accurate, and more cost-effective diagnosis gave rise to the concept of specialized treatment of patients with chest pain in emergency departments (EDs). The original strategy dedicated a separate section of the ED and a nursing staff to the task of rapid interven...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Critical Care Nurse
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0279-5442,1940-8250
DOI: 10.4037/ccn2012973