Is acute hyperglycemia associated with adverse outcome after acute myocardial infarction in the coronary intervention era?
Acute hyperglycemia, but not diabetes, was a predictor for inhospital mortality after AMI in the PCI era. No reflow occurred more frequently during PCI in patients with acute hyperglycemia, suggesting that microvascular dysfunction might have contributed to adverse outcome of these patients.
Obesity and metabolic syndrome were associated with impaired lung function in adults in Taiwan. Our results imply that obesity and insulin resistance may be the common pathways underlying lung function impairment and metabolic syndrome. Moreover, lung function test may be applied as an additional evaluation for metabolic syndrome in a clinical setting.