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May 30, 2015Journal of Cardiovascular DiseaseOpen Access

Prognostic Role of Serum Uric Acid in Critically Ill Patients with Non-ST Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction

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Why the study?

Do serum uric acid and cardiac biomarkers on admission predict short-term in-hospital mortality in critically ill patients with NSTEMI?

Population

Critically ill patients with Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (NSTEMI)

Comparison

Measurement of serum uric acid, Creatine… vs Control subjects or patients who survived to…

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

short term in-hospital stay

Authors

KRKV Charan ReddyJGJaishree Ghanekar

Discussion

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Overview

May aid short-term mortality risk stratification in NSTEMI; hypothesis-generating pending prospective validation.

Structured PICO

Do serum uric acid and cardiac biomarkers on admission predict short-term in-hospital mortality in critically ill patients with NSTEMI?

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Population
Critically ill patients with Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (NSTEMI)
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Intervention
Measurement of serum uric acid (SUA), Creatine kinase (CK)-MB, and Troponin-I on admission
C
Comparator
Control subjects or patients who survived to discharge
O
Outcome
Mortality during short term in-hospital stayhard clinical

Admission levels of serum uric acid, combined with CK-MB and Troponin-I, may help predict short-term in-hospital mortality in critically ill NSTEMI patients.

Cite This Study

Reddy et al. (2015) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a83e9eb79a9afa8968dca19https://doi.org/10.18281/jcvd.2015.3.2
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