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Sedigheh Fayazi, Mohammad-Hashem Abdi, Neda Sayadi, Shahnaz Rostami,
Volume 1, Issue 3 (12-2012)
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Abstract Aim. The aim of this study was to evaluate cardiac intensive care nurses’ performance in usingintravenous Streptokinase for acute myocardial infarction patients. Background. Acute myocardial infarction is a common disease. Use of thrombolytic drug includingStreptokinase reduce mortality rate in these patients. Nurses have an important role in injectingthis drug. Method. This descriptive study was conducted on 68 nurses who work in cardiac emergency room andcoronary care unit. Data were collected by observation check list of nurses’ performance. The data wereanalyzed by descriptive statistic and Chi-square. Findings. The findings showed that the manner of presenting nursing care in pre- Streptokinase infusionstage was moderate in 52.9% of observations, but during the injection in 55.4% of observations and afterinjection, in 45.6% of observations was poor. Conclusion. The care of patients was moderate and poor, therefore it is recommended to paymore attention to education of nurses about using intravenous Streptokinase for acute myocardial
Sedigheh Fayazi, Mohammad-Hashem Abdi, Neda Sayadi, Shahnaz Rostami,
Volume 1, Issue 4 (3-2013)
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Abstract Aim. The aim of this study was to evaluate complications of intravenous Streptokinase therapy in acute myocardial infarction patients admitted to the cardiac intensive care unit. Background. Myocardial infarction is a common disease and the use of thrombolytic agents such as Streptokinase reduces its mortality, but there are some complications associated with streptokinase. Method. In this descriptive stud y 120, patients treated with streptokinase were evaluated in terms of complications of the drug. A checklist of Streptokinase complications was used to collect the data. The findings were presented in the form of descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings. According to the finding s, %33.3 of patients had cardiovascular complications, %23.9 developed allergic symptoms, and %17.5 suffered blood complications. Conclusion. The incidence of cardiac complications was the highest among patients. It is recommended to train nurses to avoid possible complications.
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