Endocrine Abstracts

Diabetes contributes to 80% mortality in coronary heart disease (CHD). Hyperglycaemia antedates diabetes and is a late stage in the series of events leading to diabetes.Stress hyperglycaemia on admission with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has been reported to have an increased risk of in-hospital mortality/morbidity.We conducted a retrospective study of all AMI admissions to coronary care unit over a six-month period to see th...

Diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular diseases. Criteria for high risk populations that should be screened for diabetes needs be revising.Hospital admissions are stressful events and abnormally high random blood glucose levels are not acted upon appropriately.We studied 100 consecutive admissions to coronary care unit to assess the incidence of hyperglycaemia/diabetes on admiss...