Prevalencia de dolor torácico de tipo isquémico en pacientes de más de 35 años que ingresan a emergencia por dolor de pecho en el Hospital General del IESS de Quevedo durante los meses de agosto de 2018 a enero de 2019.

Abstract

Acute myocardial infarction is one of the cardiac pathologies of acute onset that can suddenly compromise the patient's life and its management must be carried out as quickly and efficiently as possible, however, it is important to know the prevalence in the medium in which we develop our medical activity and the diagnosis in order to establish appropriate protocols applicable to them. Methodology: A descriptive, observational and retrospective prevalence study was conducted in patients older than 35 years who were admitted in the ER to the IESS de Quevedo General Hospital with chest pain. However, those patients under 35 years of age and patients with more than 5 hours of development were excluded, a total of 100 patients were selected. Results: Of the 100 selected patients, 55% were men and 45% women; 43% patients had diagnosis of cardiogenic chest pain, and of these 33% were ACS, whom 56% were men and 44% women.