High cortisol levels in hyperglycaemic myocardial infarct patients signify stress hyperglycaemia and predict subsequent normalization of glucose tolerance

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 189-195

  Carmen Wong, K Y ^a   Wong, Vincent ^b   Ho, Jui T ^c   Torpy, David J ^d   McLean, Mark ^a   Cheung, N Wah ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^d ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INFUSION; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN INFUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 74549220690     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2009.03654.x     Document Type: Article

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