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T. Quinn1,2, D. Minard1, I. Snelling3, C. Wright4, R. Thayne1, C. Thomas1, A. Van Dellen1.1Staffordshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust, Stafford, UK; 2Coventry University, Coventry, UK; 3Shropshire and Staffordshire Cardiac Network, Stafford, UK; 4University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Background: Prehospital administration (PHT) of thrombolytic treatment has been shown to reduce all-cause mortality compared with hospital thrombolysis in acute myocardial infarction, and has been introduced in England after publication of the National Service Framework for coronary heart disease.
Objective: To compare the clinical course and outcome of patients receiving PHT and hospital thrombolysis, using data from the National Ambulance Outcomes Database, part of the national audit of myocardial infarction.
Methods: Prospective observational study during the period March 2003 to January 2006.
Results: Results are described in the table.
Limitations: Patients with hospital thrombolysis were older and a higher proportion was women; more patients with
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