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Muhammad Tahir¹, Gohar Ali Arshad³, Talha Rasheeq¹, Salahudin Mahmood⁴, Shahid Mukhtar², Arooj Fatima⁵

ABSTRACT

Objective: To determine the frequency of in-hospital mortality in acute myocardial infarction patients having stress hyperglycemia.

Study Design: Cross-sectional study

Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at the medicine department of Nishtar hospital, Multan in six months duration from November 2021 to May 2022.

Materials and Methods: A total of 140 patients presented with acute myocardial infarction and stress hyperglycemia were enrolled. All baseline investigations were collected and patients were followed till discharge from hospital. Main variables of study were in hospital mortality, hypertension, smoking status and increased body mass index (BMI). SPSS was used for data entry and analysis.

Results: Among total 140 patients 35.7 % were living in rural areas and 64.3 % was living in urban areas. About 57.1% patients were having poor socioeconomic status 42.9% were having middle income in their resources. Similarly 26.4 % were smokers and 52.9 % were hypertensive of our study cases.

Conclusion: High frequency of in – hospital mortality was noted among patients with acute myocardial infarction and stress hyperglycemia which is significantly associated with male gender, increased age, urban residential status and hypertension.

Key Words: Stress hyperglycemia, In-hospital mortality, Myocardial infarction, Hypertension, Socioeconomic status

Citation of article: Tahir M, Arshad GA, Rasheeq T, Mahmood S, Mukhtar S, Fatima A. Frequency of In-Hospital Mortality in Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients Having Stress Hyperglycemia. Med Forum 2022;33(11):68-71.