Chen J, Shen J, Cai D, et al. - Researchers examined if estimated plasma volume status (ePVS) is linked with in-hospital mortality in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients.

• From MIMIC-III database, researchers retrieved data of 1,534 eligible individuals (1,004 males and 530 females) with an average age of 67.36 ± 0.36 years for inclusion in this study.

• In-hospital death was recorded for 136 patients (73 males and 63 females), with the in-hospital mortality prevalence of 8.9%.

• Per findings, AMI patients with higher ePVS values, calculated simply from Duarte’s formula (based on hemoglobin/hematocrit), show poor prognosis.

• Assessment of EPVS allows prediction of in-hospital mortality as well as refinement of risk stratification in patients with AMI.