What question did this study set out to answer?

To investigate the relationship between hematocrit values and prognosis in acute myocardial infarction patients.

February 14, 1972JAMA

Hematocrit and Prognosis in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction

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Randomized trial correlates hematocrit levels with prognosis in acute myocardial infarction patients, suggesting nuanced implications.

To investigate the relationship between hematocrit values and prognosis in acute myocardial infarction patients.
Correlated hematocrit values from 190 patients admitted to a coronary care unit with their hospital course.
Monitored hematocrit levels over the first three hospital days.
Patients with higher hematocrit values had slightly better prognoses, though not statistically significant.
Mean hematocrit decrease over hospital stay attributed to diagnostic phlebotomy.

Philip I. Hershberg (1972) studied this question.

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