Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 49, Issue 5 , Pages 618-626 , May 2007

Initial Serum Glucose Level as a Prognostic Factor in the First Acute Myocardial Infarction

  • Chin-Wang Hsu, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Hsiu Hsi Chen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Wayne H.-H. Sheu, MD, PHD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Research and Education, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
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  • Shi-Jye Chu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Ying-Sheng Shen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Chin-Pyng Wu, MD, PHD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Kuo-Liong Chien, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Kuo-Liong Chien, MD, PhD, Institute of Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, No. 17, Hsu-Chou Road, Taipei, Taiwan 100; 886-2-3322-8017, fax 886-2-2392-0456

Received 9 March 2006 ,Revised 9 October 2006 ,Accepted 23 October 2006.

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 Supervising editor: Judd E. Hollander, MDAuthor contributions: C-WH conceived the study, obtained funding, drafted the manuscript, and collected the data. HHC supervised the conduct of the study and conducted statistical analysis. WH-HS, S-JC Y-SS, and C-PY contributed to the design of the study and contributed to the data collection. K-LC supervised the study procedure and provided statistical advice on study design, and all authors contributed substantially to its revision. K-LC takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.Funding and support: This project was funded by a grant from the National Science Council in Taiwan.Available online December 18, 2006.

PII: S0196-0644(06)02455-3

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.10.023

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 49, Issue 5 , Pages 618-626 , May 2007

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