Prospective and Retrospective Study of the Acute Heart Attack Cases in Marjan Hospital-Hillah City-Iraq Ahmed Muthana Diab, Hameed Imad Hadi*, Abd-Ali Marwa Qais College of Nursing, University of Babylon, Iraq *Corresponding Author E-mail: imad_dna@yahoo.com
Online published on 26 March, 2018. Abstract The objective of this study was planned to study the causes/risk factors as well as nature, marital status, occupation grade, smoking, diabetes, obesity, social support, location of heart attack, hyperuricemia, and therapeutic used of acute heart attack cases in Marjan hospital, Hilla city, Iraq. The highest numbers of acute heart attack cases were in the age group of 61–70 years, that was 39(31.96%) followed by 51–60 years 31(25.41%). acute heart attack cases according to gender and occupation grade (intermediate and low) were 52(91.23%) and 48(73.85%) respectively in male, and recorded 5(8.78%) and 17(26.15%) respectively in female. Also acute heart attack cases had been distributed according to smoking (never, Ex. and current) were 12(35.29%), 53(96.36%), and 33(100%) respectively in male and 22(64.71%), 2(3.64%), and 0(0.0%) respectively in female. Our study also distributed all patients according to therapeutic used (Beta-blocker, Aspirin, Antiplatelet, Calcium antagonist, Nitrites, Lipid-lowering, ACE inhibitor and Diuretics) were 90(86.54%), 100(83.33%), 100(90.91%), 60(88.24%), 70(92.11%), 85(89.47%), 56(91.80%), and 80(66.67%) respectively in male and 14(13.46%), 20(16.67%), 10(9.91%), 8(11.76%), 6(7.89%), 10(10.53%), 5(8.19%) and 22(21.57%) respectively in female. This study also included investigation of traumatic injuries associated with fracture, covering the period from 2010 to 2015. Top Keywords acute heart attack, smoking, occupation grade, diabetes, obesity. Top |