PMID- 35673283
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20220609
LR  - 20220716
IS  - 2075-0528 (Electronic)
IS  - 2075-051X (Print)
IS  - 2075-051X (Linking)
VI  - 22
IP  - 2
DP  - 2022 May
TI  - Delays in Presentation by Patients with ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A 
      single centre experience from Oman.
PG  - 283-287
LID - 10.18295/squmj.4.2021.069 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVES: To assess the causes of delay for presentation with ST elevation 
      myocardial infarction (STEMI). METHODS: Patients who presented with STEMI to the 
      Emergency Department at the Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman 
      between January 2017 and December 2019 and were admitted for primary angioplasty 
      were included in this study. RESULTS: A total of 101 patients were included with 
      a mean age of 54.8 + 10.8 years and the majority were male patients (n = 80; 
      79.2%). The median (interquartile range) pain-to-door time was 60 min (30-120 
      min). There were 66 (65.4%) patients who arrived within 90 minutes. All except 
      one arrived by privately arranged transport. Feeling that the pain was not 
      important (61.0%) or not cardiac (22.8%) were the main reasons for delay. Being 
      diabetic was the only patient factor that predicted delay. CONCLUSION: A high 
      proportion of patients presenting to our institution with a STEMI arrived within 
      recommended times. However more public education is required to improve awareness 
      about the importance of early evaluation of chest pain.
CI  - (c) Copyright 2022, Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, All Rights Reserved.
FAU - Almashari, Suhaib
AU  - Almashari S
AD  - Department of Clinical Physiology, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, 
      Oman.
FAU - Al-Malki, Yasir
AU  - Al-Malki Y
AD  - Department of Clinical Physiology, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, 
      Oman.
FAU - Al-Riyami, Adil
AU  - Al-Riyami A
AD  - Department of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
FAU - Nadar, Sunil K
AU  - Nadar SK
AD  - Department of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20220526
PL  - Oman
TA  - Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J
JT  - Sultan Qaboos University medical journal
JID - 101519915
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Chest Pain/etiology
MH  - Emergency Service, Hospital
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Oman
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - *ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction/diagnosis
PMC - PMC9155036
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Oman
OT  - Prehospital Emergency Care
OT  - ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction
COIS- CONFLICT OF INTEREST The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
EDAT- 2022/06/09 06:00
MHDA- 2022/06/10 06:00
PMCR- 2022/05/01
CRDT- 2022/06/08 01:54
PHST- 2020/11/12 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/01/22 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2021/02/25 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/06/08 01:54 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/06/09 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/06/10 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2022/05/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - squmj2205-283-287 [pii]
AID - 10.18295/squmj.4.2021.069 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J. 2022 May;22(2):283-287. doi: 10.18295/squmj.4.2021.069. 
      Epub 2022 May 26.