Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin 1994;32:65-66; doi:10.1136/dtb.1994.32965
Copyright © 1994 by the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
Should general practitioners give thrombolytic therapy?
Relevant BNF section: 2.10
Thrombolytic therapy reduces mortality from acute myocardial infarction.1–4 Moreover the earlier thrombolytic therapy is given after the development of infarction the greater the benefit.5 It is usual to start thrombolysis only after the patient has been admitted to hospital. In this article we discuss whether thrombolytic therapy should be started by the GP.
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