Frequency of stress hyperglycemia for in-hospital mortality in acute coronary syndrome

Aim: to find out the frequency of stress hyperglycemia in patients of acute coronary syndrome and its association with in-hospital mortality. methods: this study was conducted at department of cardiology nishter hospital multan from march 2015 to august 2015. total 100 patient of acute coronary syndrome either male or female with age from 40-70 years were selected. serum glucose level at the time of admission and in-hospital mortality rate was recorded in pre-designed proforma. results: mean age of the patients was 59±8 years. total 39(39%) patients were found with stress hyperglycemia at the time of admission and in-hospital mortality rate was 12(12%). statistically significant (p = 0.056) association of in-hospital mortality with stress hyperglycemia was found conclusion: findings of this study revealed that marked number of patients of acs found with stress hyperglycemia and in-hospital mortality was significantly associated with stress hyperglycemia.