Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra - Unidade de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde – Enfermagem
Abstract
Acute myocardial infarction is one of the leading causes of death in Portugal and worldwide. Several
studies have shown a morning predominance of the onset of symptoms in this pathology.
Objective: Describe the variation in onset of the infarction symptomatology and to analyze the average delay of
admission in the emergency service of patients between 2015 and 2016 to a unit in northern Portugal.
Methodology: Retrospective cross-sectional study. Fifty patients were studied, admitted to an emergency department
diagnosed with acute myocardial infarction between 2015 and 2016 using clinical records.
Results: The majority of participants were male (52%), with an average age of 79.6 years, presenting with hypertension
(72%), dyslipidemia (54%), diabetes (46%), and obesity (20%). Onset time of acute myocardial infarction symptoms
was generally between 6 a.m. and 12 p.m. (34%) and on average at 10 a.m.
Conclusion: There was a predominance of symptom onset in the morning period.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
