Value of emergency cardiac enzymes: audit in a coronary care unit.
Medical audit in a district general hospital coronary care unit led to the introduction of an emergency cardiac enzyme service. 91.2% of patients eligible for thrombolysis therapy received treatment following this introduction compared to 73.7% before (P = .05). No patient was treated inappropriately on the basis of a raised cardiac enzyme.
Lewis
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Department of Medicine, Maelor Hospital, Wrexham.
Jishi
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Sissons
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Baker
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Child
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004796:Clinical Enzyme Tests; D003325:Coronary Care Units / Q000592:standards*; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood*; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008485:Medical Audit; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013300:Streptokinase / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy; D013997:Time Factors
D003402:Creatine Kinase; D013300:Streptokinase