Mortalidad en pacientes diagnosticados con fibrilación auricular y tratados con warfarina en hospital general Liborio Panchana, enero a diciembre 2016.

Abstract

Objective: Describe the mortality index in patients with atrial Fibrilation in Hospital General Liborio Panchana treated with warfarin, in the period between January to December 2016. Materials and Methods: Transversal cut, descriptive and retrospective investigation, in which a data base with CIE-10 I48.0 Diagnosis Code was used, given by Statistics Department from Hospital Liborio Panchana Sotomayor, that consists in patients with Atrial Fibrilation Diagnosis between January and December 2016. Results: 120 patients were identified, in which warfarin was used in 67 cases (56,30%). Cardiac Insufficiency was the most associated pathology, present in 81 cases (68%). In terms of sex, 79 cases were male patients, that represents 66,38% of them. The age range that had more prevalence was between 31 and 40 years, with 55 cases (45%), while range between 51 and 60 had more cases of patient´s death. In cases of patients treatment with warfarin, only 5 (7%) died. Conclusions: Male sex and age between 31 and 40 years are risk factors in developing Atrial Fibrilation, while age between 51 and 60 years increases risk of mortality. A low mortality index was determined in patients with this diagnosis treated with warfarin.