Alberta University

Unnecessary hospital stay after heart attack common in European countries

Published in Women's Health Law Weekly, March 7th, 2004

Despite a decade of research suggesting that low-risk patients can be discharged from the hospital after 4 days, many countries - especially in Europe - could be keeping patients in hospital for an unnecessary length of time.

A study investigating inconsistencies in the time patients spend in hospital after heart attack is detailed in the Lancet.

Previous research has outlined how early discharge of low-risk patients with heart attack is feasible after 4 days' hospital stay, and can be achieved at no additional risk of adverse events. Padma Kaul from Alberta University, Canada, and colleagues from the Virtual Coordinating Center for Global...

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