Why the study?
Does the assessment of analgesic requirements help diagnose myocardial infarction in patients with suspected MI?
Does the assessment of analgesic requirements help diagnose myocardial infarction in patients with suspected MI?
Analgesic requirements may have potential as an early diagnostic guide for suspected myocardial infarction.
Should not yet inform MI diagnosis; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before practice change.
Suspected myocardial infarction: early diagnostic value of analgesic requirementsThe variety of possible presentations of myocardial infarction is well known, but chest pain is perhaps the most constant of symptoms.Evidence has linked duration of pain with size of infarct,' and Mitchell suggested that analgesic requirements should be used as an early guide to whether infarction has taken place.'I carried out a study to evaluate the diagnostic potential of analgesic requirements.
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