Published in:
01-04-2019 | Concise Research Reports
Trends, Management Patterns, and Predictors of Leaving Against Medical Advice among Patients with Documented Noncompliance Admitted for Acute Myocardial Infarction
Authors:
Gbolahan O. Ogunbayo, MD, Tara A. Shrout, BA, Naoki Misumida, MD, Ahmed Abdel-Latif, MD, Susan S. Smyth, MD PhD, Adrian W. Messerli, MD, Khalid M. Ziada, MD
Published in:
Journal of General Internal Medicine
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Issue 4/2019
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Excerpt
Noncompliance (NC) and leaving against medical advice (LAMA) are risk factors for poor outcomes, including hospital readmission and mortality.
1,2 This study aims to investigate the relationship between NC and LAMA, describe characteristics of NC patients, evaluate the clinical management of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in NC patients, and identify predictors of LAMA in this population. We hypothesized that NC would be associated with higher rates of LAMA. …