Thrombolytic therapy for myocardial infarction. Treatment introduced in northern Ontario.
In remote regions of Canada, most patients with acute myocardial infarctions (MI) are treated by general practitioners. In hospitals served by cardiologists, intravenous thrombolytic therapy for MI is now routinely available. In a survey of northern Ontario general hospitals, 32 of 45 offered IV thrombolytic therapy. The use of streptokinase in one family physician-run hospital was also reviewed.
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D004363:Drug Utilization; D005194:Family Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000188:drug therapy*; D009864:Ontario; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012955:Societies, Medical; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*