Heart Failure Admissions in Medical Wards ofa Nigerian Tertiary Hospital.
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2017, Vol 16, Issue 10
Abstract
Introduction: Heart failure is a major clinical problem in the world, and is recognized as a contributor to cardiovascular disease burden in Africa. Previous study on the pattern and prevalence of heart failure among medical admissions in Kano was carried out about a decade ago. This study determined the prevalence, pattern and mortality rate of heart failure among patients admitted in to medical wards of Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital (MMSH) Kano, a tertiary hospital in North- Western Nigeria. Methods:It was a retrospective, descriptive study. The admission and discharge registers of the medical wards from January 2016 to December 2016 were reviewed and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 19 software. Results: A total of 1651 patients were admitted in to the Medical ward within the study period out of which 268(16.2%) were admissions due to heart failure. Their age ranged 15 to 85 years (mean ± SD, 49.28±11.25 years). Hypertensive heart disease was the commonest cause, accounting for (43.7%), followed by peripartum cardiomyopathy (38.9%) and dilated cardiomyopathy (6.3%). Conclusion: Our data show high prevalence of heart failure among patients admitted in to medical wards of MMSH, Kano. HHD, PPCM, and DCM were the main etiologies.There is therefore the need for strategies for the prevention, management of systemic hypertension in order to prevent its complications. There is also the need to carry out to further studies to understand PPCM and reasons for the rising incidence.
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Saidu Hadiza, Umar Abdullahi, Jamila A. Yau
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