STUDY OBJECTIVE: To examine the hospital management of @entity1459 (UAP) in 1996 and 1998, according to @entity1 demographic variables and disease severity. DESIGN: Medical record review. SETTING: 37 hospitals across New South Wales, Australia, representative of the secondary and tertiary care hospitals in the State. @entity1 : All @entity1 (or a random sample of @entity1 ) with UAP admitted to these hospitals during five months in 1996 and six months in 1998 (1872 and 1368 @entity1 respectively). MAIN RESULTS: In the two years between 1996 and 1998, there was an increase in the use of beta blockers and a corresponding decrease in the use of @entity460 channel blockers, as well as a decrease in the use of intravenous @entity3362 . Those aged 75 or more were roughly half as likely as those aged less than 65 to be prescribed heparin, @entity117 and heparin, beta blockers, intravenous @entity3362 , and only one third as likely to be offered coronary angiography in hospital. They were one and a half times as likely to be prescribed @entity460 channel blockers compared with the youngest age group. A similar pattern was seen for gender, where @entity1 were more likely than @entity1 to be given @entity117 , @entity117 and heparin, and coronary angiography, and less likely to be given @entity460 channel blockers. Those with a past history were less likely, and those with more severe disease were more likely than others to be given most interventions. CONCLUSIONS: In view of the low use of evidence-based management of UAP among @entity1 and the elderly, it would seem appropriate for disease management guidelines to target these groups.

Trends in the hospital management of XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'patients', 'patient', 'PARTICIPANTS', 'men'] @entity3362 :: ('MESH:D009566', 'Chemical') :: ['nitrates'] @entity117 :: ('MESH:D001241', 'Chemical') :: ['aspirin'] @entity1459 :: ('MESH:D000789', 'Disease') :: ['unstable angina'] @entity460 :: ('MESH:D002118', 'Chemical') :: ['calcium']
@entity1459 :: (MESH:D000789,Disease) :: ['unstable angina']
