In this study of patients treated in hospital for acute myocardial infarction, the prescribing rates at discharge for the 4 classes of medications were higher than established bench­mark values. One-third to one-half of the patients were already receiving one or more of the medications of interest at admission. This finding is clinically significant, as improvements [...]

Patient Characteristics Medical records for a total of 346 patients were reviewed. The mean age (± SD) of patients was 65.3 ± 13.4 years, andalmost two-thirds (226 [65.3%]) were male (Table 2). Before admission, approximately half of the patients had dyslipidemia (181 [52.3%]) or hypertension (197 [56.9%]), and almost one-third (100 [28.9%]) had a history [...]

This retrospective study involved patients discharged from 2 adult acute care sites of Eastern Health. At the time of the study, the 2 sites had a total of about 550 acute care beds, and each contained a coronary care unit. One of these sites housed the cardiac catheterization laboratory and the cardiac surgery program for [...]