BACKGROUND Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a significant factor regarding poor outcome in patients with myocardial infarction. Recently a new prognostic factor is under consideration - a baseline glucose level on admission. We sought to assess the influence of blood glucose levels on admission on prognosis of patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treated with percutan...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Hyperglycemia can increase the risk of death or a poor outcome following myocardial infarction. Our objective was to investigate the value of the admission glucose level in predicting long-term outcome in patients with acute coronary syndrome. METHODS The study population comprised 565 patients admitted with acute coronary syndrome within 24 hours of the start of s...

I n t e r v e n t i o n Patients were assigned to intensive (n = 765) or conventional (n = 783) insulin therapy. Intensive therapy was insulin infusion that was begun if the blood glucose level was > 6.1 mmol/L and adjusted to maintain normoglycemia (maximum insulin dose 50 IU/h). Conventional therapy was continuous insulin infusion by a pump that was begun if the blood glucose level was > 11.9...

Results A positive correlation between high levels of IL-6 on and blood glucose level on ICU admission in all studied cases, which was much stronger in non-diabetic group (n = 28, r = 0.986, p < 0.001) than diabetic group (n = 59, r = 0.629, p = 0.001), · the insulin dose, the duration needed to reach target glucose level (140-180 mg/dl) and the mean IL-6 level on admission in all studied patie...

background: acute methanol poisoning is one of the most important chemical poisoning due to drinking of illegal and handmade alcoholic beverages in iran. the aim of this study was to evaluate clinical and biochemical parameters as prognostic factor in acute methanol poisoning. methods: a retrospective study was performed on acute methanol poisoning cases admitted to the loghman hakim hospital p...

OBJECTIVES Management of hyperglycemia during an acute sickness in adults is accompanied by improved outcomes. We have designed a prospective study with meticulous attention to exclude all diabetes patients by checking hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c or glycated hemoglobin) to avoid the ill-effects of hyperglycemia in patients with traumatic head injury admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). METHOD...

abstract background: hypoglycaemia is a well recognized complication of falciparum malaria in children but its diagnosis may be overlooked because all the clinical features may be mimicked by severe malaria. to determine the prevalence of hypoglycaemia at the point of hospital admission of under-fives with falciparum malaria and identify its risk factors in patients seen in a nigerian secondary...

Background: Acute methanol poisoning is one of the most important chemical poisoning due to drinking of illegal and handmade alcoholic beverages in Iran. The aim of this study was to evaluate clinical and biochemical parameters as prognostic factor in acute methanol poisoning. Methods: A retrospective study was performed on acute methanol poisoning cases admitted to the Loghman Hakim Hospital P...