Are we meeting cardiovascular risk targets 3 years after acute coronary syndrome?
Although a small sample population, results showed mixed compliance but not as poor as previously reported. More effort is needed to attain LDL, HbA1c and BMI targets, and ensure ACE inhibitor initiation.
In this large prospective study of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding in the United Kingdom, there was no increase in mortality for weekend vs. weekday presentation despite patients being more critically ill and having greater delays to endoscopy at weekends. Provision of an OOH endoscopy service at weekends in the remaining UK hospitals may not lead to further reductions in case fatality, although a reduction in OOH endoscopy provision from current levels could lead to an increase in mortality at weekends.