ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To find out the frequency of acute kidney injury and its short-term effects after acute myocardial infarction. METHODS: This descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted at the cardiology department of Lady Reading Hospital's Postgraduate Medical Institute, Peshawar, Pakistan, from January to June 2016, and comprised acute myocardial infarction patients. Non-probability consecutive sampling technique was used. SPSS 20 was used for data analysis. RESULTS: Of the 207 patients, 154(74.7%) were male and 53(25.6%) were female. The overall mean age was 59.09±8.6 years. At admission, the mean baseline creatinine was 0.97±0.23, the mean glomerular filtration rate was 83.30±25.4 mL/min, and 30(14.4%) patients had an estimated glomerular filtration rate<60 mL/min. Moreover, 43(20.7%) patients developed acute kidney injury. Post-myocardial infarction in-hospital complications were higher in patients with acute kidney injury (p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: In-hospital, short-term effects including acute heart failure, cardiogenic shock and arrhythmias were higher in acute kidney injury patients after acute myocardial infarction.
