Comfort Measures Only in Myocardial Infarction: Prevalence of This Status, Change Over Time, and Predictors From a Nationwide Study
Haghighat L, Reinhardt SW, Saly DL, Lu D, Matsouaka RA, Wang TY, Desai NR. Comfort Measures Only in Myocardial Infarction: Prevalence of This Status, Change Over Time, and Predictors From a Nationwide Study. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2022, 15: e007610. PMID: 35041476, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.120.007610.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsHospital MortalityHumansMaleMyocardial InfarctionPrevalenceRegistriesRetrospective StudiesShock, CardiogenicTime FactorsConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionMyocardial infarctionChest Pain-MI RegistryACTION Registry-GWTGHospital major bleedingIndependent patient characteristicsRetrospective cohort studyHigh-risk patientsMortality risk scoreAggressive initial managementHigh mortality rateMedian odds ratioCMO patientsHospital complicationsMajor bleedingCardiogenic shockCohort studyDiagnostic catheterizationMost patientsNonprivate insurancePatient characteristicsInitial managementProcedural complicationsSuch patientsMale gender