PLAT and acute myocardial infarction: Acute hyperglycemia has been linked to increased adverse outcomes in patients with trauma; [19] poorer neurological improvement and symptomatic hemorrhage in r-tPA treated patients with acute ischemic stroke; [20] severity of injury in patients with head trauma; [21] increased risk of in-hospital complications in patients with community-acquired pneumonia; [7], [22] and major adverse cardiac events in patients with acute myocardial infarction [23].