ANALYSIS OF THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PROFILE OF PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED FOR ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN ESPÍRITO SANTO BETWEEN 2017 TO 2022

• Autor(a) principal: Gava , Fernanda Dardengo
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Silva , Franklim Barboza da, Brandão , Karollyn Fabiano, Oliveira , João Victor Oinhos de, Moraes , Diene de Andrade Garcia Leal, Braga , Ana Caroline Alamon, Fonseca, Paula Pinheiro de Medeiros, Corrêa , Maria Fernanda rocha, Sabará , Sarah Guimarães, Campos , Maria Eduarda Souza
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Implantology and Health Sciences
• Texto Completo: https://bjihs.emnuvens.com.br/bjihs/article/view/873
• topic: Infarto; Miocárdio; Espírito Santo; Epidemiologia.; Heart attack; Myocardium; Holy Spirit; Epidemiology.

This article aims to analyze the epidemiological profile of hospitalizations and deaths due to acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in Espírito Santo between January 2017 and December 2022. This study is characterized as a descriptive, retrospective and analytical epidemiological study, in which the information were obtained from the Hospital Information System in the Information Technology Department of the Unified Health System (DATASUS). In the period described, 18,819 hospitalizations for acute myocardial infarction were recorded in Espírito Santo. In relation to sex, the highest number of hospitalizations was observed in men. Regarding age group, patients over 60 years of age were those who suffered the most hospitalizations and had the highest death rate. According to the list of hospitalizations per year, the peak years of the pandemic (2020, 2021 and 2022) were those with the highest number of AMI cases. Therefore, it is possible to conclude, through the aforementioned data, that the abrupt majority of patients are elderly men, with the peak years of the Covid-19 Pandemic coinciding with the highest number of cases, most likely due to bad habits. of life that prevailed in the face of quarantine.