Acta cardiologica
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Multicenter Study Clinical Trial
The STIB score: a simple clinical test to predict clopidogrel resistance.
High platelet reactivity (HPR) to clopidogrel is associated with an increased risk of ischaemic complications during and after coronary interventions and concerns up to 50% of patients undergoing PCI. ⋯ STIB HPR score allows identification of patients with a high probability of resistance to clopidogrel based on diabetes, Hb<13.9 g/dl and BMI>28 kg/m2. This bedside clinical test could be useful for the identification of patients in whom another P2Y12 inhibitor should be recommended before and after PCI.
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The aim of this study was to determine the role of NT-proBNP in predicting the outcome of septic patients and to evaluate possible correlations between NT-ProBNP and haemodynamics in sepsis. ⋯ Increased NT-proBNP levels at 72 hours could predict mortality at 28 days in patients with septic shock and are correlated with haemodynamics.