PMID- 35077625
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20220127
LR  - 20220430
IS  - 1819-2718 (Electronic)
IS  - 1025-9589 (Linking)
VI  - 33(Suppl 1)
IP  - 4
DP  - 2021 Oct-Dec
TI  - Reasons For Delayed Presentation Of Patients With St Segment Elevation Myocardial 
      Infarction To Thrombolytic Therapy In Cardiology Department Of Ayub Teaching 
      Hospital Abbottabad.
PG  - S773-S777
AB  - BACKGROUND: ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is one of the leading 
      causes of morbidity and mortality. Any delay in reperfusion therapy is associated 
      with poor outcomes. This study was done to know the major reasons for delayed 
      presentation to thrombolytic therapy. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was 
      conducted at the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) of Ayub Teaching Hospital, Abbottabad 
      from March 2019 till June 2020. A total of 120 diagnosed STEMI patients late for 
      thrombolysis therapy and admitted in the CCU were included in this study. 
      Non-probability convenience sampling technique was used. Data was analysed using 
      SPSS version 16.0. RESULTS: The mean age of the patients was 61.6+/-1.07 years. 
      Most of them were married (111), unemployed (85) and lived in urban areas (69). 
      The most important reasons for delayed presentation of STEMI patients to 
      thrombolytic therapy were due to the attribution of symptoms by patients to other 
      conditions/diseases (57.5% CI:48.53-66.47), attempted self-treatment (50.8% CI: 
      41.76-59.91), misdiagnosis of symptoms (50%, CI:40.92-59.08), living in an area 
      far away from any hospital (45%, CI:35.48-53.60) and problems of transportation 
      (37%, CI:28.17-45.78). CONCLUSION: The early arrival of patients to health care 
      facility in time is critical in diseases like STEMI. There can be many reasons 
      for delayed presentation of patients to thrombolytic therapy but the most 
      important ones were attribution of symptoms by patients to other diseases, 
      attempted self-treatment, misdiagnosis of symptoms, and problems of 
      transportation.
FAU - Samin, Ariz
AU  - Samin A
AD  - Pak International Medical College Peshawar, Pakistan.
FAU - Toqueer, Mahwish
AU  - Toqueer M
AD  - Ayub Medical College Abbottabad, Pakistan.
FAU - Javaid, Mahnoor
AU  - Javaid M
AD  - Ayub Medical College Abbottabad, Pakistan.
FAU - Fayaz, Zoya
AU  - Fayaz Z
AD  - Ayub Medical College Abbottabad, Pakistan.
CN  - Noor-ul- Huda
AD  - Ayub Medical College Abbottabad, Pakistan.
FAU - Nadeem, Nayha
AU  - Nadeem N
AD  - Ayub Medical College Abbottabad, Pakistan.
FAU - Saeed, Rida Fatima
AU  - Saeed RF
AD  - NUMS, Pakistan.
FAU - Laraib, Ayesha
AU  - Laraib A
AD  - Ayub Medical College Abbottabad, Pakistan.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Pakistan
TA  - J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad
JT  - Journal of Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad : JAMC
JID - 8910750
SB  - IM
MH  - *Cardiology
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Hospital Mortality
MH  - Hospitals, Teaching
MH  - Humans
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - *Myocardial Infarction/diagnosis/drug therapy
MH  - *ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction/diagnosis/drug therapy
MH  - Thrombolytic Therapy
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - STEMI; Reasons; Delayed presentation
OT  - Thrombolytic therapy
EDAT- 2022/01/26 06:00
MHDA- 2022/01/28 06:00
CRDT- 2022/01/25 17:12
PHST- 2022/01/25 17:12 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/01/26 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/01/28 06:00 [medline]
AID - 9926/3210 [pii]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad. 2021 Oct-Dec;33(Suppl 1)(4):S773-S777.