Table 1

Results from six trials of intravenous nitrates in acute myocardial infarction patients


Number dead/randomized

Trial
Intravenous nitrate
Control
Odds ratio
95% confidence interval
P value
Chiche
3/50
8/45
0.33
(0.09, 1.13)
0.08
Bussman
4/31
12/29
0.24
(0.08, 0.74)
0.01
Flaherty
11/56
11/48
0.83
(0.33, 2.12)
0.70
Jaffe
4/57
2/57
2.04
(0.39, 10.71)
0.40
Lis
5/64
10/76
0.56
(0.19, 1.65)
0.29
Jugdutt
24/154
44/156
0.48
(0.28, 0.82)
0.007

Whitley and Ball Critical Care 2002 6:222   doi:10.1186/cc1493