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2300852

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-3-15
pubmed:abstractText
Patients who suffer acute myocardial infarction are heterogeneous and prognosis differs widely. High-risk patients are likely to derive the greatest benefit from treatment in an intensive care unit and from early thrombolytic therapy. A study was undertaken to determine those clinical parameters, available on admission to hospital, which would predict early death (within the first 30 days) and in this way to define high-risk patients. From July 1985 to December 1987, 233 patients admitted to J. G. Strijdom Hospital with acute myocardial infarction were prospectively evaluated. A total of 30 variables, including clinical, ECG and biochemical parameters, were recorded for each patient on admission. During the study period 36 patients (15.5%) died. The following variables were significantly associated with early mortality: age, Killip class, infarct location, height of ST-segment elevation and raised blood urea level. Using data readily available on admission to hospital, patients at highest risk of early death can be identified.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0256-9574
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
17
pubmed:volume
77
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
179-82
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Clinical predictors of early death in acute myocardial infarction. A prospective study of 233 patients.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, J.G. Strijdom Hospital, Johannesburg.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article