Elevated blood pressure without hypertension (ICD-9 code 796.2) was the only code present in 51 of the 131 diagnosed with hypertension; therefore, only 80 of the 507 participants (15.8%) had a true hypertension diagnosis in the electronic medical record. In addition, 17 of the 507 ...
37% had isolated elevated HbA1c and 34% had elevated levels of both. These global proportions were the same before and after age-standardization. There was substantial variation across regions in the composition of screen-detected diabetes across these three groups, both in terms ...
The performance of both biomarkers has been questioned in the diagnosis of HFpEF in outpatients with unexplained dyspnoea. Indeed, up to one-third of patients with HFpEF and an elevated pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) at rest were found to display a BNP value below the diagnostic thresh...
Several limitations merit consideration. First, the CoDE-ACS models have been trained and validated using a high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I assay from a single manufacturer. Given that cardiac troponin assays are not standardized across different manufacturers, CoDE-ACS will need to be retrained an...
As South Asian people are known to have an elevated risk of CVD compared with white Europeans [34], there has been a greater emphasis in these populations, particularly for those with type 2 diabetes, to reduce modifiable risk factors through lifestyle changes and drug management for primary ...
The primary outcome was time to International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision code for hypertension or elevated blood pressure, or antihypertensive medication prescription. Kaplan-Meier survival curve analysis and Cox proportional hazards modeling were used to examine the impact of RA on ...
The body will increase its erythropoietin production in response to chronic hypoxia (low blood oxygen levels). This can include patients with chronic lung diseases like COPDor people who live at high altitudes. Levels are elevated in patients with anemia of many types like blood loss, iron defici...
Average urinary DPD levels, a biochemical marker of bone resorption, were elevated in the examined patient cohort (7.1 ± 1.9 nmol/mmol, reference 3.0 to 7.0 nmol/mmol). According to HR-pQCT, CRPS-affected distal tibiae showed significantly lower values of cortical BMD and cortical thickness ...
(AH) is presented and analyzed in this publication. Being one of the most relevant factors in medicine, AH is clearly proven as a risk factor for Alzheimer´s disease and vascular dementia7,8,9. In addition, there is initial evidence, that correcting elevated blood pressure has positive ...
(OI), PaO2/FiO2 < 60 mmHg or OI > 35 for more than 6 h, or severe respiratory acidosis (pH < 7.15), circulation function that cannot be improved, basal blood pressure maintained by a large number of vasoactive drugs, or continuously elevated blood lactic acid levels, and ...