Reducing delay in the emergency room in administration of thrombolytic therapy for myocardial infarction associated with ST elevation

HW Moses, JJ Bartolozzi Jr, DL Koester… - The American journal of …, 1991 - Elsevier
Thrombolytic therapy reduces mortality and improves left ventricular function in patients with
acute myocardial infarction (AMI). 1–5 Our review of 816 patients treated in community …

The “door-to-needle blitz” in acute myocardial infarction: the impact of a CQI project

H Gilutz, A Battler, I Rabinowitz, Y Snir, A Porath… - The Joint Commission …, 1998 - Elsevier
Article-at-a-Glance Background A continuous quality improvement (CQI) project was
conducted at Soroka Medical Center in Beer-Sheva, Israel, in an effort to identify and …

[BOOK][B] Medical treatment decisions: impact of source of motivation to control prejudice

NT Cassell - 2015 - search.proquest.com
A growing body of research has consistently demonstrated that treatment decisions for
African American patients differ from that of similar White patients across various disease …

Availability of thrombolytic therapy in rural Newfoundland and Labrador.

S Marshall, M Godwin, R Miller - CMAJ: Canadian Medical …, 1995 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
OBJECTIVE: To determine the availability of thrombolytic therapy in rural Newfoundland and
Labrador. DESIGN: Self-administered questionnaire mailed to staff at health care facilities …

The potential for reducing inappropriate hospital admissions: a study of health benefits and costs in a department of internal medicine

BO Eriksen - 1999 - munin.uit.no
Inappropriate hospital admissions are defined as those which do not result in health benefit
for the patient or in such benefit that could have been obtained on a lower care level …

Immediate emergency department intervention in acute myocardial infarction

JC Grigg, RM Stromberg - Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal, 1990 - journals.lww.com
HYSICIANS SPEAK of the “golden hour" in relation to potential interventions that transpire
during the time immediately following the traumatic event, and that affect the ultimate patient …