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Impact of prehospital opioid dose on angiographic and clinical outcomes in acute coronary syndromes

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  • Himawan Fernando Department of Cardiology, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Department of Cardiology, Bendigo Health, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ziad Nehme Centre for Research and Evaluation, Ambulance Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Department of Paramedicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Diem Dinh Centre of Cardiovascular Research and Education in Therapeutics (CCRE), School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Emily Andrew Centre for Research and Evaluation, Ambulance Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Angela Brennan Centre of Cardiovascular Research and Education in Therapeutics (CCRE), School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • William Shi Melbourne Medical School, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Division of Cardiac Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jason Bloom Department of Cardiology, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Stephen James Duffy Department of Cardiology, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Centre of Cardiovascular Research and Education in Therapeutics (CCRE), School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • James Shaw Department of Cardiology, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Karlheinz Peter Department of Cardiology, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Voltaire Nadurata Department of Cardiology, Bendigo Health, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • William Chan Department of Cardiology, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Melbourne Medical School, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Department of Cardiology, Western Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Department of Medicine-Western Health, Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jamie Layland Department of Cardiology, Peninsula Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Melanie Freeman Department of Cardiology, Eastern Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • William Van Gaal Department of Cardiology, Northern Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Stephen Bernard Department of Cardiology, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Centre for Research and Evaluation, Ambulance Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jeffrey Lefkovits Centre of Cardiovascular Research and Education in Therapeutics (CCRE), School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Danny Liew Centre of Cardiovascular Research and Education in Therapeutics (CCRE), School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Michael Stephenson Centre for Research and Evaluation, Ambulance Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Centre of Cardiovascular Research and Education in Therapeutics (CCRE), School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Karen Smith Centre for Research and Evaluation, Ambulance Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Department of Paramedicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Dion Stub Department of Cardiology, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Centre of Cardiovascular Research and Education in Therapeutics (CCRE), School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Department of Cardiology, Western Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Dion Stub, Cardiology, Alfred Hosp, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia; d.stub{at}alfred.org.au
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Citation

Fernando H, Nehme Z, Dinh D, et al
Impact of prehospital opioid dose on angiographic and clinical outcomes in acute coronary syndromes
Emergency Medicine Journal 2023;40:101-107.

Publication history

  • Received March 31, 2021
  • Accepted April 8, 2022
  • First published April 26, 2022.
Online issue publication 
January 24, 2023

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