THROMOLYTIS SUCCESS RATE OF STREPTOKINASE ON STEMI PATIENTS AT LAUTOKA HOSPITAL FROM MAY 2012 TO MAY 2014

underestimated because of prolonged pain to needle and door to needle time. With regards to thrombolysis with streptokinase, there is a need to advocate for early presentation when high risk groups have chest pain, starting thrombolysis at the mergency department to shOlten average door to needle time and to consider pre-hospital thrombolysis in the long run. There is still a need for further studies to identify causes of prolonged door to needle time and a more accurate success rate of thrombolysis with streptokinase using better definition or the gold standard, angiogram. Considering the acquisition of a newer, costy thrombolytic maybe premature due our failure to fully utilize our CUtTent cheaper alternative, streptokinase.
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