Meeting National Service Framework goals for patients presenting with acute myocardial infarction.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:The National Service Framework for coronary heart disease established clear standards for the management of patients with acute myocardial infarction in March 2000. This study evaluates an emergency department's thrombolysis performance in light of these standards. SETTING:Inner city teaching hospital emergency department. METHODS:The data were prospectively collected using a formal clinical pathway for all patients receiving thrombolysis in the emergency department between February 2000 and January 2001. Cases were reviewed at monthly multidisciplinary audit meetings. Regular feedback complemented routine teaching for both nursing and medical staff. RESULTS:127 patients were thrombolysed, of whom 92 (72%) were immediately eligible. Some 77% of these had a door to needle time of

SUBMITTER: Gilby E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1726056 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature