title: Dynamic prognostic profile for acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: A prognostic profile for patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) treated in a coronary care unit has been constructed by applying a modified sequential statistical analysis. The profile represents a dynamic system which enables the physician to predict hospital prognosis simply and rapidly on the basis of daily changing clinical and laboratory parameters. The procedure was tested prospectively on a population of AMI patients and was found to be a reliable prognostic tool. Comparing this scale with that of popular prognostic indices, it was found that prediction was more accurate with this technique.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood; D001794:Blood Pressure; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006327:Heart Block / Q000150:complications; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality*; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D003402:Creatine Kinase