Evaluation of Hypokalemia among Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction at a Tertiary care Teaching Hospital
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research Professionals - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 6
Abstract
Background: Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a common disease with serious consequences in mortality, morbidity, and cost to the society. Past studies have also stresses on the variations occurring in the serum potassium profile of the patients with AMI. Hence; present study was planned to assess the prevalence of hypokalemia among AMI patients. Materials & Methods: The present study included evaluation of the prevalence of hypokalemia among patients with AMI. A total of 30 AMI patients and 30 healthy controls were included in the present study. Blood samples were obtained from all the patients and were sent to the pathology laboratory for the evaluation of the serum potassium levels. All the results were recorded in Microsoft excel sheet and were subjected to analysis by SPSS software. Results: Mean serum potassium levels of the subjects of the AMI group and the control group were 4.42 mEq/L and 4.10 mEq/L respectively. Hypokalemia was found to be present in 26.7 percent of the AMI patients. Conclusion: Alterations in the electrolyte profile of the AMI patients do occur during the course of the diseases.
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Bhawani Shanker Pandey
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- DOI 10.21276/ijmrp.2018.4.6.056
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