Cardiac patients’ perceptions of neighboring patients’ risk: influence on psychological stress in the ED and subsequent posttraumatic stress

Cardiac patients’ perceptions of neighboring patients’ risk: influence on psychological stress in the ED and subsequent posttraumatic stress

Abstract Background As many as 12% of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients screen positive for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms due to their cardiac event, and emergency department (ED) factors such as overcrowding have been associated with risk for PTSD. We tested the association of...

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Main Authors: Beatrice Konrad, David Hiti, Bernard P. Chang, Jessica Retuerto, Jacob Julian, Donald Edmondson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:BMC Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
Emergency department
Posttraumatic stress disorder
Threat perception
Acute care environment
Crowding
Acute coronary syndrome
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12873-017-0144-3

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