Mean duration of hospital stay of IHD patients at CCU Mayo Hospital, Lahore

ABSTRACT

The objective of the study was to determine the mean stay of patients with acute myocardial infarction and unstable angina admitted to Coronary Care Unit of Mayo Hospital, Lahore. This prospective study carried out during one year period included three hundred fifty patients. Out of these, two hundred and fifty-seven [73.4%] were males and ninety-three [26.6%] were females. About 59.4% had acute myocardial infarction as per WHO criteria, 33.7% had associated Left Ventricular Failure [LVF]. The average stay was 11 +/- 0.43 days. Those with Acute Myocardial Infarction stayed for average of 10 +/- 0.43 days. The shortest stay was for young patients between forty-one to fifty years old. The longest stay with extensive ant. wall myocardial infarction patient was 13 +/- 2.6 days. It is concluded that patients stay much longer in CCu in one set-up. This may be due to physician's attitude or condition of the patient admitted in CCU