2007 ACC duideline for management of Unstable angina and STEMI is large and complex for simple minded. You don't believe me you can read this pages ( flow charts) guideline here. In USCF conference in Hospital medicine Dr McNulty decided to simplify the guideline.
Compressing the guidelines there are three take home points.
- a)Which patients should be admitted?
- b)What anticoagulation strategy should physicians use for non- STEMI or unstable angina patients?
- c)And when should doctors ship patients to the cath lab vs. taking a more conservative approach and ordering additional tests?
You can read the article in Todays Hospitalist here.
