Observational studyJournal of the American Heart Association2020
National Trends in Emergency Department Care Processes for Acute Myocardial Infarction in the United States, 2005 to 2015.
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- Development and assessment of scoring model for ICU stay and mortality prediction after emergency admissions in ischemic heart disease: a retrospective study of MIMIC-IV databases.Internal and emergency medicine · 2023Trial
- The Incremental Value of Copeptin for the Early Rule-Out of Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction in the Emergency Department.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Optimizing emergency nursing protocols to enhance outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction: A retrospective study.Medicine · 2025Observational
- Copeptin in Acute Myocardial Infarction: Is There a Role in the Era of High-Sensitivity Troponins?Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2025Review
- Effects of Serum Potassium on Mortality in Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction.Cureus · 2024Article
- Trends in Discharge Rates for Acute Pulmonary Embolism in U.S. Emergency Departments.Annals of internal medicine · 2024Article
- Emergency Physician-performed Echocardiogram in Non-ST Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients Requiring Coronary Intervention.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2024Observational
- On the Perils of Conducting Observational Research on Racial Health Disparities.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2022Article
- Correlation Analysis of Plasma Myeloperoxidase Level With Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events Score and Prognosis in Patients With Acute Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- Influence of Prehospital Emergency Care on Rescue Success Rate and Complication Rate of Senile Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction.Computational and mathematical methods in medicine · 2022Article
- Clinical Effectiveness of Pre-hospital and In-hospital Optimized Emergency Care Procedures for Patients With Acute Craniocerebral Trauma.Frontiers in surgery · 2021Article
- The effect of emergency nursing on the mental health and limb function recovery of myocardial infarction patients.American journal of translational research · 2021Article
- National Trends in Emergency Department Care Processes for Acute Myocardial Infarction in the United States, 2005 to 2015.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2020Observational
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Abstract
Background Despite investments to improve quality of emergency care for patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), few studies have described national, real-world trends in AMI care in the emergency department (ED). We aimed to describe trends in the epidemiology and quality of AMI care in US EDs over a recent 11-year period, from 2005 to 2015. Methods and Results We conducted an observational study of ED visits for AMI using the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, a nationally representative probability sample of US EDs. AMI visits were classified as ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and non-STEMI. Outcomes included annual incidence of AMI, median ED length of stay, ED disposition type, and ED administration of evidence-based medications. Annual ED visits for AMI decreased from 1 493 145 in 2005 to 581 924 in 2015. Estimated yearly incidence of ED visits for STEMI decreased from 1 402 768 to 315 813. The proportion of STEMI sent for immediate, same-hospital catheterization increased from 12% to 37%. Among patients with STEMI sent directly for catheterization, median ED length of stay decreased from 62 to 37 minutes. ED administration of antithrombotic and nonaspirin antiplatelet agents rose for STEMI (23%-31% and 10%-27%, respectively). Conclusions National, real-world trends in the epidemiology of AMI in the ED parallel those of clinical registries, with decreases in AMI incidence and STEMI proportion. ED care processes for STEMI mirror evolving guidelines that favor high-intensity antiplatelet therapy, early invasive strategies, and regionalization of care.
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