BMJ 1994;308:1159 (30 April)

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Early management of myocardial infarction

The challenge for GPs is to change

EDITOR,--At the same time as Hazel Wyllie and Francis Dunn were doing their study on use of aspirin in cases of chest pain in the north sector of Glasgow,1 the first part of an audit was carried out among general practitioners in all of Glasgow over a period of a year. Half of those involved in 156 incidents of chest pain carried aspirin routinely, a fifth gave aspirin to patients with chest pain suspected of being myocardial infarction. The preliminary results were shown at the Scottish National GP Audit Symposium. Since then (and since Wyllie and Dunn's study) the results have been presented at meetings attended by Glasgow general practitioners and the need for aspirin discussed and emphasised. More meetings are planned.

Chest pain at home can be difficult to diagnose and manage. Most chest pain is not cardiac in origin, and the . . . [Full text of this article]


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