TY - JOUR TI - Association between time to anticoagulant administration and the outcome of patients with acute coronary syndrome A1 - Bakhsh, Abdullah A2 - Alharbi, Turki A3 - R, A4 - Abushanab, a A5 - Alabsi, Shahad A6 - Basalem, Esraa A7 - Alsifri, Sahar A8 - Almukhles, Asail A9 - Sharaf, Lina A10 - Aljahdali, Maysam JF - International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries JO - IJMDC SN - 1658-7820 VL - 7 IS - 4 SP - 672 EP - 675 Y1 - 2023 AB - Objective: This study aimed to determine the association between the time of anticoagulant administration and the outcome of patients with the acute coronary syndrome (ACS).Methods: This was a single-center retrospective cohort study of adult patients diagnosed with ACS in the emergency department at King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital (KAUH) in Jeddah between January 2015 and December 2020. The data were obtained from the medical records of the KAUH, and through Google forms.Result: Of 206 patients, using a cutoff of 4 hours, 55 patients (26.5%) were classified into the early treatment group, whereas 152 patients (73.4%) were in the non-early treatment (>4 hours) group. In the final analysis, the non-early treatment group had a higher mortality rate compared with the early treatment group (4.6% vs. 3.6%, p < 0.01) but had a lower risk for intracranial bleeding compared with the early treatment group (0% vs. 1.8%, p < 0.01).Conclusion: It was demonstrated that lower rates of mortality were correlated with the early administration of treatment in ACS. A 3.6% mortality rate had declined in patients who received early treatment in comparison with the 4.6% mortality rate in patients who had not received treatment early. This emphasizes how early therapy is effective and essential in enchasing and improving quality and overall patient health and life. Thereby, motivating early interventions in hospitals. PB - https://www.ijmdc.com DO - 10.24911/IJMDC.51-1672244478 UR - https://www.ijmdc.com/?mno=134740 ER -