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Table 2 Reasonable and unreasonable omissions of drugs used during the study period

From: Implementation of clinical audit to improve adherence to guideline-recommended therapy in acute coronary syndrome

Months

Not prescribed

Total no.

Reasonable omissions

n (%)

Unreasonable omissions

n (%)

DAPT

STATIN

ACEI/ARB

BB

DAPT

STATIN

ACE-I/ARB

BB

1

2 (2.4)

0

1 (1.6)

7 (8.1)

1 (1.2)

0

14 (17)

11 (14)

81

2

2 (3)

0

6 (7.6)

5 (6.08)

1 (1.3)

0

4 (5.2)

10 (13)

76

3

5 (5.6)

0

9 (9.4)

10 (10.3)

0

0

8 (9)

7 (7.4)

94

4

3 (3.2)

0

4 (4.5)

10 (12.3)

0

0

6 (7.3)

7 (9)

82

5

9 (9.6)

0

8 (7.9)

8 (8.8)

0

0

6 (6.2)

7 (7.2)

96

6

4 (4.9)

0

2 (2.4)

4 (4.9)

0

0

6 (7.2)

6 (7.2)

83

7

6 (7.6)

0

5 (6.4)

4 (5.3)

0

0

6 (8)

6 (8)

76

8

9 (12.5)

1 (1.4)

5 (6.6)

4 (5.1)

0

0

5 (7)

4 (5.4)

74

9

10 (11.7)

0

6 (7.5)

6 (4.2)

0

0

5 (6)

2 (2.3)

84

10

8 (7.9)

0

6 (5.9)

8 (7.7)

0

0

0

2 (2)

99

11

11 (11.7)

0

5 (4.9)

8 (7.8)

0

0

0

0

98

12

0

4 (4)

6 (6.1)

2 (2)

0

0

0

0

102

Significance

P < 0.000

P < 0.000

P < 0.000

P < 0.000

 
  1. ACEI angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, ARB angiotensin receptor blocker, DAPT dual antiplatelet therapy, BB beta-blocker, n number of patients