title: Acute myocardial infarction: pharmacologic treatment in the coronary care unit.
abstract: It is reasonable to consider treating the patient with an uncomplicated infarction with as many as 10 drugs: a benzodiazepine, a sedative, oxygen, morphine, lidocaine, a nitrate, an anticoagulant, a thrombolytic agent, a beta blocker, and possibly a calcium-channel antagonist. Obviously, experienced judgment must be used in selecting the appropriate agents for each patient. A properly staffed and equipped coronary care unit continues to be the most important preventative for unnecessary deaths during the acute phase of myocardial infarction.
mesh_terms: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003325:Coronary Care Units; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008012:Lidocaine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009020:Morphine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005996:Nitroglycerin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy
chemical_list: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D000925:Anticoagulants; D009020:Morphine; D008012:Lidocaine; D005996:Nitroglycerin