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BNP and Admission Glucose as In-Hospital Mortality Predictors in Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Joint Authors
Ramires, José Antonio Franchini
Takada, Julio Yoshio
Ramos, Rogério Bicudo
Avakian, Solange Desirée
Santos, Soane Mota dos
Mansur, Antonio de Pádua
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-02-01
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Natural & Life Sciences (Multidisciplinary)
Medicine
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
Objectives.
Admission hyperglycemia and B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) are associated with mortality in acute coronary syndromes, but no study compares their prediction in-hospital death.
Methods.
Patients with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), in-hospital mortality and two-year mortality or readmission were compared for area under the curve (AUC), sensitivity (SEN), specificity (SPE), positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), and accuracy (ACC) of glycemia and BNP.
Results.
Respectively, AUC, SEN, SPE, PPV, NPV, and ACC for prediction of in-hospital mortality were 0.815, 71.4%, 84.3%, 26.3%, 97.4%, and 83.3% for glycemia = 200 mg/dL and 0.748, 71.4%, 68.5%, 15.2%, 96.8% and 68.7% for BNP = 300 pg/mL.
AUC of glycemia was similar to BNP (P=0.411).
In multivariate analysis we found glycemia ≥200mg/dL related to in-hospital death (P=0.004).
No difference was found in two-year mortality or readmission in BNP or hyperglycemic subgroups.
Conclusion.
Hyperglycemia was an independent risk factor for in-hospital mortality in NSTEMI and had a good ROC curve level.
Hyperglycemia and BNP, although poor in-hospital predictors of unfavorable events, were independent risk factors for death or length of stay >10 days.
No relation was found between hyperglycemia or BNP and long-term events.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Takada, Julio Yoshio& Ramos, Rogério Bicudo& Avakian, Solange Desirée& Santos, Soane Mota dos& Ramires, José Antonio Franchini& Mansur, Antonio de Pádua. 2012. BNP and Admission Glucose as In-Hospital Mortality Predictors in Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction. The Scientific World Journal،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Takada, Julio Yoshio…[et al.]. BNP and Admission Glucose as In-Hospital Mortality Predictors in Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction. The Scientific World Journal No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Takada, Julio Yoshio& Ramos, Rogério Bicudo& Avakian, Solange Desirée& Santos, Soane Mota dos& Ramires, José Antonio Franchini& Mansur, Antonio de Pádua. BNP and Admission Glucose as In-Hospital Mortality Predictors in Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction. The Scientific World Journal. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-468968
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-468968