scholarly journals ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME;

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (03) ◽  
pp. 409-413
Author(s):  
Naveed Aslam Lashari ◽  
Nadia Irum Lakho ◽  
Sarfaraz Ahmed Memon ◽  
Ayaz Ahmed ◽  
Muhammad Fahad Waseem
Keyword(s):  
Acute Coronary Syndrome ◽  
Chest Pain ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
P Value ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Coronary Syndrome ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Artery Obstruction ◽  
Conventional Risk Factors ◽  
Typical Chest Pain

Introduction: ACS is defined as the cluster of symptoms arising due to the rapiddrop of blood flow to the heart because of coronary artery obstruction. It is stated that worldwidearound 17 million people die due to cardiovascular diseases of which half of the deaths arereported due to ACS. Chest pain is known to be the most leading factor associated with ACS.Objectives: To determine the frequency of acute coronary syndrome, its types and commoncontributing factors in patients presenting with typical chest pain in a secondary care hospital.Study Design: Cross sectional study. Setting: Medical Unit, PAF Hospital Mushaf Sargodha.Period: October 2013 to March 2014. Methodology: A total of 280 patients of either gender,aged 20 to 80 years presented with typical chest pain with or without conventional risk factorswere included in the study. Results: Majority (68.9%) was males and 31.1% were female. Acutecoronary syndrome was observed in 131(46.8%) patients. Out of these 131 patients, 55% hadNSTEMI, 28.2% had unstable angina and 16.8% had STEMI. A higher proportion of femaleswere found to have ACS as compared to males (75.9% vs 33.7%, P-value<0.0001). Out of131 patients, 40.5% were diabetic, 29.8% were hypertensive 16% were hyperlipidemic, while13.7% were smokers. Conventional risk factors except smoking were observed more in femalesas compared to males. Conclusion: Majority of patients with acute coronary syndrome werefemales and diabetic. NSTEMI was the most common type of ACS. Prevalence of conventionalrisk factors was found more in females with ACS.

scholarly journals Fragmented QRS Complex as a Predictor of Multivessel Disease in Acute Coronary Syndrome

2017 ◽  
pp. 130-6
Author(s):  
Idar Mappangara ◽  
Abdul Hakim Alkatiri ◽  
Stefan Hendyanto
Keyword(s):  
Acute Coronary Syndrome ◽  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Multivessel Disease ◽  
P Value ◽  
Qrs Complex ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Coronary Syndrome ◽  
Fragmented Qrs ◽  
History Of

Background: The incidence of multivessel disease in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is expected to be identified as early as possible in order to perform optimal management. The presence of multivessel disease can lead to ischemia or myocardial infarction. Fragmented QRS complex (fQRS) is a new electrocardiography (ECG) parameter that has been proven to be caused by ischemia or myocardial infarction.Methods: A cross-sectional study. Patients with ACS that admitted at Dr. Wahidin Sudirohusodo Makassar since December 2014 - March 2015 who are eligible were enrolled in this study.Presence of fQRS evaluated on first 12-lead ECG at hospital admission. Presence of multivessel disease based on coronary angiography. Data were analyzed by logistic regression. Data was significant if the p-value<0.05.Results: There are 63 subjects (56 men and 7 women) included in this study. Older age, history of ACS before, presence of dyslipidemia, and presence of fQRS were significantly more often in group with multivessel disease. After analyzed with logistic regression, the fQRS was the only significant predictor of multivessel disease with p value 0.003 and odds ratio 13.28.Conclusion: Presence of fQRS in the first 12-lead ECG when admitted to the hospital was an independent predictor of multivessel disease in patients with ACS.

scholarly journals Acute Coronary Syndrome and patient behavior factors in overcoming the event of chest pain in pre hospital phase

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cipto Susilo ◽  
Mochammad Bagus Qomaruddin ◽  
Mellani Puji Fahrera
Keyword(s):  
Acute Coronary Syndrome ◽  
Chest Pain ◽  
Complex Disease ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
P Value ◽  
Behavioral Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Over The Counter ◽  
Coronary Syndrome ◽  
Design And Methods

Background: Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a complex disease induced by thrombosis, which causes unstable angina (UA), acute myocardial infarction (AMI) or sudden cardiac death. It is important to rapidly detect the presence of chest pain to conduct the pre-hospital phase. This study aims to analyze the behavioral factors of patients suffering from ACS in overcoming the incidence of chest pain in the prehospital phase. Design and Methods: The consecutive sampling technique and cross-sectional method were used to obtain data from a sample of 110 outpatient respondents at the Community- Integrated Health Center.Results: After the logistic regression test, a significant relationship was found between the occurrence of chest pain (Pvalue = 0.040), with compressive behavior factors, buying over the counter drugs (P-value = 0.001), massaging and rubbing with oil (P-value = 0.046). Conclusions: In conclusion, the significant behavioral factors associated with ACS sufferers in dealing with the occurrence of chest pain in the pre-hospital phase are due to the act of buying OTC drugs and the habit of massaging or rubbing with oil.

scholarly journals Evaluation of applying chest pain guidelines in coronary care patients on their health outcome

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 99
Author(s):  
Eman Shahin ◽  
Mona Hasan
Keyword(s):  
Health Outcome ◽  
Acute Coronary Syndrome ◽  
Chest Pain ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Respiratory Pattern ◽  
P Value ◽  
Coronary Syndrome ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Coronary Care

Background: the National Heart, Lung, and blood Institute estimate that each year approximately 785,000 Americans will have a new coronary attack and approximately 470,000 will have a recurrent attack. Chest pain is one of the most common symptoms   of coronary artery disease or acute coronary syndrome. Objectives: this study aims to compare between routine nursing care of chest pain and chest pain guidelines in patients with acute coronary syndrome and assess health outcome after application of chest pain guidelines in acute coronary syndrome patients. Method: Quasi experimental research design was used in the current study. The study was conducted at the coronary care unit of Suez canal University Hospital. Sample; consecutive of 70 patients was included in the study.  Four tools were used for study data collection that named the chest pain guidelines evidence based nursing care in patients with angina pectoris, visual analog scale to assess chest pain, dyspnea scale to assess breathing pattern and fourth one was lab investigation to assess patient health prognosis. Results: The study results revealed an improvement of patients’ health outcome represented in a significant reduction in complain of chest pain, blood pressure and insufficient sleeping with P-value of 0.000 after applying guidelines of care regarding chest pain. Additionally, the respiratory pattern and respiratory rate improved significantly with P-value of 0.000. Moreover, lab investigation showed significantly decrease in LHD level with P-value of 0.000. Conclusion: The current study concluded that application of chest pain guidelines intervention could be improved patients health outcomes.        

scholarly journals Association of Non HDL-Cholesterol and other lipid parameters in patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome.

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (01) ◽  
pp. 82-87
Author(s):  
Syeda Sabahat Haider ◽  
Muhammad Shahid ◽  
Khalid Razaq ◽  
Shama Iqbal ◽  
Muhammad Tariq Ghafoor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Acute Coronary Syndrome ◽  
Total Cholesterol ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Hdl Cholesterol ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Control Group ◽  
P Value ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Coronary Syndrome

Objective: To determine the frequency of hypercholesterolemia in patients who are diagnosed with acute coronary syndrome and to also document the association of Non HDL-C with Acute coronary syndrome in these patients. Study Design: Observational Cross Sectional study. Setting: Department of Cardiology and Pathology of Sheikh Zayed Hospital, Rahim Yar Khan. Period: September 2019 to February 2020. Material & Methods: One hundred and thirty five patients with Acute coronary syndrome were included using non probability purposive sampling technique and equal number of patient who visited the outpatient department or admitted in indoor with complaints other than ACS were taken as control (n=135). Frequency and percentages were calculated and odd ratio was determined to see the association. Statistical significance was set at P-value<0.05. Results: Patient’s mean age was 55.5±12.4 years and there were 98(73%) male and 37(27%) female. Higher Non HDL-C (>130mg/dl) was found in 120(88.9%) cases and in 38(28.1%) controls with odd ratio 20.4211 at 95 %CI and p value <0.001.Hypercholesterolemiawas seen in 49(36.3%) of the cases while in 21(15.6%) of control group (without ACS) with odd ratio of 3.3 and p-value <0.001. Odds ratio was maximum for Non HDL cholesterol, followed by LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol and Total cholesterol. Conclusion: Non-HDL cholesterol showed a good association in patients with ACS than with primary target LDL-C or total cholesterol.

Time to Seek Care and Hospital Length of Stay Among Older Adults With Acute Coronary Syndrome During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 105477382110401
Author(s):  
Audai A. Hayajneh ◽  
Mohammad Rababa ◽  
Sami Al-Rawashedeh
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Acute Coronary Syndrome ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Abrupt Onset ◽  
Hospital Length ◽  
Hospital Length Of Stay ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Prehospital Delay ◽  
Coronary Syndrome

The prevalence of prehospital delay is high among older adults with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). The current study aimed to examine the associated factors of prehospital delay among patients with ACS during the COVID-19 pandemic. This cross-sectional study was conducted on a convenience sample of 300 older adults with ACS admitted to the emergency department in Jordan. Data were collected from June 1 to September 1, 2020. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were used to explore the predictors of prehospital delay. Being widowed, educational level, pain intensity, the gradual onset of ACS symptoms, symptoms lasting for more than 30 minutes, patients’ feeling anxious about their ACS symptoms, patients’ perceiving their symptoms to be particularly dangerous, history of myocardial infarction (MI), and mode of transportation were associated with the time taken before seeking emergency care. Significant predictors of time to seek help were chief complaint of chest pain or palpitations, abrupt onset of symptoms, the associated symptom of vertigo, and a higher number of chronic illnesses; they explained about 17.9% of the variance in the time to seek care. The average time to seek care among patients with ACS during the COVID-19 pandemic was found to be longer than the average time reported by studies conducted prior the pandemic. Improved understanding of the associations between prehospital delay is crucial for optimal ACS patient outcomes under the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals Prevalence of Cardiac Depression and its Related Factors among Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amir Hossein Goudarzian ◽  
Hamid Sharif Nia ◽  
Heydar Tavakoli ◽  
Mohammad Ali Soleimani ◽  
Ameneh Yaghoobzadeh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Acute Coronary Syndrome ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Depression Score ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Psychological Reactions ◽  
Coronary Syndrome ◽  
Cardiac Depression

Cardiac depression is one of the most common psychological reactions of patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). This study aimed to determine the prevalence of cardiac depression and its related factors among patients with ACS. This cross-sectional study was conducted during 2016 in patients with ACS who were admitted to hospitals affiliated to the Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Iran. In the present study, 407 patients completed the Cardiac Depression Scale (CDS) within two months (March - June). The data were analyzed by a chi-square test and a general linear model multivariate analysis. According to the results, the mean cardiac depression score in patients with ACS was 109.00 ± 16.49 (CI95: 107.39 to 110.60). Among the participants, 37 (9.1%), 72 (17.7%), and 298 (73.2%) patients had mild, moderate, and severe levels of depression, respectively. Although the two-way ANOVA was not significant, but there was a difference between cardiac depression score of a type of ACS. Given the high prevalence of cardiac depression among these patients, it is necessary to develop measures for routine screening in cardiac treatment units.

scholarly journals Correlation of Knowledge and Beliefs to Adherence with Antibiotic Use in Adult Patients at a Private Hospital in Sidoarjo

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Hasan Wattiheluw ◽  
Fauna Herawati ◽  
Setiasih Setiasih ◽  
Rika Yulia
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Antibiotic Therapy ◽  
Private Hospital ◽  
Antibiotic Use ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
P Value ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Knowledge And Beliefs ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Hospitalization Period

Infectious diseases are one of the top ten causes of death in the world. Antibiotic therapy is administered for infectious diseases, but if bacteria are exposed to antibiotics continuously, then the bacteria are able to adapt to the medication, thereby resulting in antibiotic resistance. This condition results in an increase in mortality, long hospitalization period, and increased cost of antibiotic therapy and health services. Adherence to using antibiotics may be influenced by knowledge and beliefs about them. This study aimed to understand correlation between knowledge and belief with adherence to antibiotic use at a private hospital in Sidoarjo. This cross-sectional study, the data collected in three months period, was conducted with a questionnaire for assessment knowledge and belief. A pill count method was applied for assessment adherence to using antibiotics prescribed by doctors. The study results show that knowledge of the respondents was adequate for 76 people (69.7%), belief was adequate for 74 people (67.9%), and adherence to antibiotic use for 79 people (72%). Regression analysis showed that the variable that significantly influenced the adherence of patients in using antibiotics was perceived threat (p-value = 0,029). Sex, age, education, income, occupation, and marital status have no contribution to antibiotic knowledge, belief, and adherence.

scholarly journals Factors Affecting Nursing Ability To Know Acute Coroner Syndrome In Emergency Installation

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-72
Author(s):  
Agus Riyadi ◽  
Karmiati Karmiati
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Acute Coronary Syndrome ◽  
Emergency Services ◽  
P Value ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Research Education ◽  
Coronary Syndrome ◽  
Coronary Syndromes ◽  
Almost All

Background: Coronary heart disease is the most cardiovascular disease that causes death in the world. The ability of nurses to recognize acute coronary syndromes is very necessary as part of the emergency services team. Purpose : The purpose of this study was to determine the description of the factors that influence the ability of nurses to know acute coronary syndrome in the emergency department of dr. Iskak Tulungagung. Methods : The design of this research is descriptive analytic with a cross sectional approach with the population of all nurses who work in the Emergency Department of dr. Iskak Tulungagung. The population is 55 nurses. The sample is all of the population, namely 55 respondents with total sampling sampling techniques. The data that has been collected is processed by a statistical test of Multivariate Analysis, Ordinal Regression with significance α = 0.05. Result : The results showed that most of the respondents with D3 education were 33 respondents (60.0%), almost all respondents had never attended ECG training in the amount of 50 respondents (90.9%) and almost half of the respondents had a working period of 2-5 year is 25 respondents (45.5%). The results of the regression regression analysis showed that the p-value = 0.855 on the education factor which means that H0 was accepted, the p-value = 0.041 in the training factor which means H1 is received, the p-value = 0.003 on the working period, which means that H1 is accepted Conclusion : Based on research, education does not affect the ability to recognize acute coronary syndrome. The education obtained will develop according to the increase in the work period and the frequent training that is obtained and practiced directly in real situations

STUDY ON EVALUATION OF SERUM GAMMA-GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE (GGT) LEVELS IN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME

2021 ◽  
pp. 39-40
Author(s):  
Avtar Singh Dhanju ◽  
Deepshikha Singla ◽  
Pashaura Singh ◽  
Ajay Chhabra ◽  
Sukhraj Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Acute Coronary Syndrome ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Gamma Glutamyl Transferase ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Gamma Glutamyl ◽  
Coronary Syndrome ◽  
Healthy Control ◽  
Group A ◽  
Group B ◽  
Glutamyl Transferase

Aim: The present study was undertaken with the aim to evaluate serum Gamma Glutamyl Transferase (GGT) levels in patients of acute coronary syndrome. Methodology: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 50 cases with acute coronary syndrome (Group A) and 50 healthy control subjects (Group B) meeting inclusion and exclusion criteria. Results: There is signicant rise in serum GGT levels in patients presenting with ACS in Group A as compared to Group B. Conclusion: Higher levels of GGT in ACS patients with risk factors such as hypertension, dyslipidemia and smoking may serve as biomarker to predict the occurrence of ACS.

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