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Prehospital and interhospital delay in the treatment of patients with acute myocardial infarction with ST segment elevation and strategies to improve it from the perspective of the process owners: The importance of time
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Somayeh Rezaie    , Nadia Gharanjici , Hossain Ebrahimi |
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| Introduction: Fibrinolytic drugs are one of the important strategies for the treatment of patients with acute myocardial infarction with ST segment elevation, especially in small centers. This study was conducted with the aim of evaluating the distance with the global standard for fibrinolytic treatment and the viewpoints of experts in this regard.
Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on 384 patients with acute myocardial infarction in Imam Hossein Hospital in Shahroud, Iran during a 5-year period. Data were collected using a demographic and medical profile and a 13-item checklist on how and when access to treatment and services and interviewed by the treatment team was sought.
Results: Out of 384 patients, %76.3 was male and the mean age was 60.4 years. Prehospital delay, electrocardiography time, and first visit time respectively were 270, 6.59 and 8.45 minute, generally, the door-to- needle time was more than three times the global standard. Prehospital delay with gender, history of diabetes and high blood pressure, education level, and history of percutaneous coronary intervention(PCI) were significant (p |
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| Keywords: Hospital Emergency Service, Time-to-Treatment, Myocardial Infarction, Caregivers, Thrombolytic Therapy |
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Type of Study: Research |
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Received: 2018/04/17 | Accepted: 2019/03/3 | Published: 2019/06/16
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