Evaluation of Admission Time Hyperglycaemia in Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients

Hyperglycaemia, in both diabetic and nondiabetic patients, has a significant negative impact on the morbidity and mortality of patients presenting with an Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI). Contemporary evidence indicates that persistent hyperglycaemia after initial hospital admission continues to exert negative effects on AMI patients. There have been a number of studies demonstrating the benefit of tight glucose control in patients presenting with AMI, but a lack of convincing clinical data ha s led to loose guidelines and poor implementation of glucose targets for this group of patients.