Table 2.

Features of present illness and treatments of emergency department patients with presumptive acute myocardial infarction, northern Tanzania, 2018 (N=152)

Feature of present illness	n	(%)
Other facility visited prior to ED presentation for current illness episode
Other hospital	79	(52.0)
Health center	26	(17.1)
Dispensary	2	(1.3)
Self-treatment at home	16	(10.5)
Pharmacy	1	(0.7)
None	32	(21.1)
Primary symptom
Shortness of breath	77	(50.7)
Chest pain	39	(25.7)
Other	36	(23.7)
Secondary symptoms
Chest pain	75	(49.3)
Shortness of breath	64	(42.1)
Leg swelling	42	(27.6)
Palpitations	35	(23.0)
Back pain	26	(17.1)
Epigastric pain	24	(15.8)
Generalized weakness	23	(15.1)
Symptoms began within the past 12 hours	14	(9.2)
CCS grading for anginal severity
Class I	2	(1.3)
Class II	10	(6.6)
Class III	64	(42.1)
Class IV	76	(50.0)
Estimated glomerular filtration rate (ml/min/1.73m2)
≥60	81	(53.3)
45–59	15	(9.9)
30–44	13	(8.6)
15–29	14	(9.2)
<15	17	(11.2)
Not obtained	15	(9.9)
Home medications
Anti-platelet	17	(11.2)
Anti-hypertensive	43	(28.3)
Anti-hyperlipidemic	2	(1.3)
Anti-hyperglycemic	11	(7.2)
Treatment administered in the ED
Aspirin	35	(23.0)
Clopidogrel or other antiplatelet	13	(8.6)
Heparin	3	(2.0)
Thrombolytic	0	(0)

CCS: Canadian Cardiovascular Society grading scale for anginal severity²³