American Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 28, Issue 6 , Pages 694-702, July 2010

ED triage of patients with acute myocardial infarction: predictors of low acuity triage☆

  • Clare L. Atzema, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada M4N 3M5
    • Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada M4N 3M5
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Institute of Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada M4N 3M5. Tel.: +1 416 480-6100 x3798.
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  • Peter C. Austin, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada M4N 3M5
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  • Jack V. Tu, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada M4N 3M5
    • Cardiology and General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada M4N 3M5
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  • Michael J. Schull, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada M4N 3M5
    • Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada M4N 3M5

Received 6 January 2009; received in revised form 11 March 2009; accepted 13 March 2009. published online 26 March 2010.

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☆ This project was supported in part by a Canadian Insitutes of Health Research (CIHR) Team Grant in Cardiovascular Outcomes Research, an operating grant from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario (NA5703), and the Department of Medicine Clinician-Scientist Program at the University of Toronto. Dr Atzema was supported by a Fellowship Award from CIHR, and Dr Schull was supported by a New Investigator Award from CIHR. Dr Tu was supported by a Canada Research Chair in Health Services Research and by a Career Investigator award from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario. This study was also supported by the ICES, which is funded by an annual grant from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.

 The opinions, results and conclusions reported in this article are those of the authors and are independent from the funding sources. No endorsement by ICES or the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care is intended or should be inferred.

PII: S0735-6757(09)00140-5

doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2009.03.010

American Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 28, Issue 6 , Pages 694-702, July 2010

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