Table 1 Characteristics of excluded studies after abstract reading
Study | Reason for exclusion |
|---|---|
Burns et al. 1989 [[6]] | Prehospital pathway where the patients received thrombolysis |
Pell et al. 1992 [[7]] | The study evaluated an in-hospital triage system |
Davis et al. 1996[8] | A comparison between patients and physicians acceptance of risk |
Millar-Craig et al. 1997[9] | Prehospital pathway where the patients received thrombolysis |
Prasad et al. 1997[10] | Prehospital pathway where the patients received thrombolysis |
Thomas et al. 1997[11] | Prehospital pathway where the patients received thrombolysis |
Sandler 1998[12] | Prehospital pathway where the patients received thrombolysis |
Villiers et al. 2007[13] | No control group |
Ostrzycki et al. 2008[14] | The aim was to investigate time delay in treatment of STEMI patients in four different groups |
Zhang et al. 2009[15] | The study evaluated the effect of in-hospital triage |
Cheung et al. 2010[16] | The study evaluated the effect of in-hospital triage |
Sorensen et al 2011[17] | The aim of the study was to bypass the local hospital and transfer patients direct to PCI center |
Abrahamyan et al.2012[18] | The study evaluated the effect of in-hospital triage |
Alexandrescu et al. 2012[19] | The study investigated the impact of inter-hospital transfer |