English as a second language and outcomes of patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes: results from the CONCORDANCE registry
| Autor: | Craig P. Juergens, Jens G. Kilian, Karice Hyun, David Brieger, Bilyana Dabin, Leonard Kritharides, John K. French, Derek P. Chew |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Acute coronary syndrome Concordance First language medicine.medical_treatment 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Myocardial infarction Hospital Mortality Registries Acute Coronary Syndrome Aged Language Retrospective Studies business.industry Cardiogenic shock Communication Barriers Australia Percutaneous coronary intervention Retrospective cohort study General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Treatment Outcome Heart failure Female business |
| Zdroj: | The Medical journal of Australia. 204(6) |
| ISSN: | 1326-5377 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVES To investigate whether patients with English as their second language have similar acute coronary syndrome (ACS) outcomes to people whose first language is English. DESIGN Retrospective, observational study, using admissions, treatment and follow-up data. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING A total of 6304 subjects from 41 sites enrolled in the investigator-initiated CONCORDANCE ACS registry. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Baseline characteristics, treatments, and in-hospital and 6-month mortality. RESULTS English as a second language (ESL) was reported by 1005 subjects (15.9%). Patients with English as their first language (EFL) were older, and were less likely to have diabetes mellitus or to smoke than the ESL patients. Prior myocardial infarction, heart failure and chronic renal failure were more common in the ESL group. In-hospital mortality was also higher in these patients (7.1% v 3.8% for EFL patients; P |
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