A diferenciação da dor do infarto agudo do miocárdio entre pacientes diabéticos e não-diabéticos Diferenciación del dolor del infarto agudo de miocardio entre pacientes diabéticos y no diabéticos The difference in acute myocardial infarction pain between diabetic and non diabetic patients

Abstract

O estudo teve como objetivo comparar a dor do infarto agudo do miocárdio (IAM) entre pacientes diabéticos e não-diabéticos. Uma amostra de 80 pacientes com IAM, divididos em 2 grupos com e sem diabetes mellitus (DM), sendo 29% diabéticos e 71% não-diabéticos. Os pacientes com DM referiram ausência de dor (pEl objetivo de este estudio fue comparar el dolor del infarto agudo de miocardio (IAM) entre pacientes diabéticos y no diabéticos. La muestra la conformaron 80 pacientes con IAM divididos en dos grupos: con y sin diabetes mellitus (DM), siendo el 29% diabéticos y el 71% no diabéticos. Los pacientes con DM manifestaron ausencia de dolor (pThe goal of this study was to compare the acute myocardial infarction (AMI) pain between diabetic and non diabetic patients. A sample of 80 AMI patients was divided in two groups, with and without diabetes mellitus (DM), being 29% diabetic and 71% non diabetic patients. The patients with DM said they had no pain (p<0.05) and gave lower scores for pain when compared with patients without DM. There was a significant difference between average scores for pain among diabetic and non diabetic patients (p<0.001). In conclusion, the diabetic patients presented no pain or diminished pain when compared with patients without diabetes.

Keywords

• diabetes mellitus
• infarto del miocárdio
• dolor
• neuropatías diabéticas
• diabetes mellitus
• infarto do miocárdio
• dor
• neuropatias diabéticas
• diabetes mellitus
• myocardial infarction
• pain
• diabetic neuropathies