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Best evidence topic report
Prophylactic magnesium in myocardial infarction
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Report by Mark Davies, Senior Clinical Fellow Search checked by Angaj Ghosh, Senior Clinical Fellow
Clinical scenario
You see a 50 year old man with a two hour history of cardiac chest pain and an ECG suggestive of acute myocardial infarction. You decide to thrombolyse. The cardiology registrar suggests that you also give …