023 ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME: CODING CHALLENGES AND POTENTIAL FINANCIAL LOSS TO SECONDARY CARE, A RETROSPECTIVE AUDIT

Leukocyturia, another clue to inflammation in acute coronary syndrome

Introduction: Cronary artery disease is the main cause of mortality in developed countries. Classic risk factors have not been able to explain epidemiologic variants in this disease, hence other risk factors including systemic infections are under survey. This study was designed to evaluate the possible role of local and systemic infections in producing acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Methods: ...

Optimising acute care and secondary prevention for patients with acute coronary syndrome.

Ascertaining a patient's risk of ischaemic complications after admission with an acute coronary syndrome is an important determinant of management. The treating clinician must determine whether and how urgently to send the patient for coronary angiography and whether to select more intensive antithrombotic therapies in the acute phase, and facilitate secondary prevention strategies. Risk strati...

Acute Vision Loss Secondary to Epidural Blood Patch: Terson Syndrome.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Lumbar epidural blood patch (EBP) is a commonly used procedure to treat postdural puncture headache. We present a case of vision loss immediately following an EBP. CASE REPORT A 49-year-old woman with idiopathic intracranial hypertension received an EBP for postdural puncture headache at an outside facility without fluoroscopic guidance and in the seated position. Th...

Modern challenges in acute coronary syndrome.

Low high density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and acute coronary syndrome in young patients admitted at a tertiary care facility

Background: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a cardiovascular disease which is related to mortality and morbidity among the Indians predominantly in the older age group. But, recently CAD has been found more often in young population. Hence, our study aims to observe the outcomes based on various categories of high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels estimated during admission at the h...