Trends, Management Patterns, and Predictors of Leaving Against Medical Advice among Patients with Documented Noncompliance Admitted for Acute Myocardial Infarction

J Gen Intern Med. 2019 Apr;34(4):486-488. doi: 10.1007/s11606-018-4671-8.

Authors

Gbolahan O Ogunbayo^{1

2}, Tara A Shrout^{3

4}, Naoki Misumida³, Ahmed Abdel-Latif³, Susan S Smyth³, Adrian W Messerli³, Khalid M Ziada³

Affiliations

¹ University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY, USA. Gbolahanogunbayo@yahoo.com.
² Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Gill Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA. Gbolahanogunbayo@yahoo.com.
³ University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY, USA.
⁴ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Gill Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: acute myocardial infarction (AMI); high-risk patients; leaving against medical advice (LAMA); noncompliance.

MeSH terms

Aged
Case-Control Studies
Comorbidity
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction / epidemiology
Myocardial Infarction / psychology*
Patient Compliance / psychology
Patient Compliance / statistics & numerical data*
Patient Discharge / statistics & numerical data*
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Sex Distribution