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Myocardial infarction

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Therapy

Observe patients for at least 3 days d . Consider sending low-risk patients home after this (no complications and aged < 70). d

Why?

  • Discharging low-risk patients after 5 days following an infarction is not clearly safer than keeping them in hospital for only 3 days d , and is not very cost-effective at preventing death. a

Expiry date: November 2003
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Author   CM   Ball , N   Shenker
Reviewer   S   Straus
CAT Writers   CJ   Wotton , N   Shenker , B   Phillips , CM   Ball