Serum Albumin Level and In-Hospital Outcome of Patients with First Attack Acute Myocardial Infarction – DocWire News

Acutemyocardial infarction(AMI) patients constitute a large proportion of admissions in coronary care unit and their management and risk stratification is of immense importance. A decrease in serum albumin concentration might be associated with an increased risk in the incident of both cardiovascular diseases and worse hospital outcome. We assessed whether serum albumin levels at admission was associated with in-hospital adverse outcome in patients with first attack of acutemyocardial infarction(AMI). The aim of the study was to evaluate association of serum albumin level with in-hospital outcome in patients with first attack of acutemyocardial infarction. This cross-sectional analytical study was conducted in the department of cardiology in Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, Mymensingh, Bangladesh from March 2017 to February 2018. Total 374 patients of first attack of acutemyocardial infarctionincluded considering inclusion and exclusion criteria.

The sample population was divided into two groups: Group I (Patients with acutemyocardial infarctionwith serum albumin <3.5gm/dl) and. Group II (Patients with acutemyocardial infarctionwith serum albumin 3.5gm/dl). Serum albumin level was measured within 24 hours of admission and the incidence of in-hospital major cardiac outcomes was observed. In this study meanSD serum albumin level of Group I, Group II were 3.020.12gm/dl, 4.480.50gm/dl respectively. In Group I patient, 52(59.80%), 7(8.00%), 10(11.50%), developed heart failure, cardiogenic shock, arrhythmias respectively and 8(9.20%) died and in Group II patient 20(7.90%), 7(2.80%), 8(3.20%) developed heart failure, cardiogenic shock, arrhythmias respectively and 4(1.60%) died out of them and all of these outcome were statistically significant.

MeanSD duration of hospital stay of the study population according serum albumin level, in Group I, 5.761.83 days, in Group II, 4.401.22 days which was statistically significant (p<0.05). In conclusion, patient with first attack of acutemyocardial infarctionserum albumin level below 3.50gm/dl increased the risk of worse in-hospital outcome

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