An elevated glycemic gap predicts adverse outcomes in diabetic patients with necrotizing fasciitis.
BACKGROUND:Diabetes is the most common comorbidity of necrotizing fasciitis (NF), but the effect of stress-induced hyperglycemia (SIH) on diabetic patients with NF has never been investigated. The aim of this study was to assess whether SIH, as determined by the glycemic gap between admission glucos...
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| author | Po-Chuan Chen Shih-Hung Tsai Jen-Chun Wang Yuan-Sheng Tzeng Yung-Chih Wang Chi-Ming Chu Shi-Jye Chu Wen-I Liao |
| author_facet | Po-Chuan Chen Shih-Hung Tsai Jen-Chun Wang Yuan-Sheng Tzeng Yung-Chih Wang Chi-Ming Chu Shi-Jye Chu Wen-I Liao |
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| description | BACKGROUND:Diabetes is the most common comorbidity of necrotizing fasciitis (NF), but the effect of stress-induced hyperglycemia (SIH) on diabetic patients with NF has never been investigated. The aim of this study was to assess whether SIH, as determined by the glycemic gap between admission glucose levels and A1C-derived average glucose levels, predicts adverse outcomes in diabetic patients hospitalized with NF. METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed the glycemic gap and clinical outcomes in 252 diabetic patients hospitalized due to NF from 2011 to 2018 in a single medical center in Taiwan. A receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to analyze the optimal cutoff values for predicting adverse outcomes. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were employed to identify significant predictors of adverse outcomes. RESULTS:In total, 194 diabetic NF patients were enrolled. Compared with patients without adverse outcomes, patients with adverse outcomes had significantly higher glycemic gaps, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II scores and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels; lower albumin and hemoglobin levels; greater incidence of limb loss; and longer hospital and intensive care unit stays. The glycemic gap positively correlates with the laboratory risk indicator for NF scores, APACHE II scores and CRP levels. A glycemic gap of 146 mg/dL was the optimal cutoff value for predicting adverse outcomes using the ROC curve. Compared with patients with glycemic gaps ≤146 mg/dL, those with glycemic gaps >146 mg/dL had higher APACHE II scores and incidence rates of adverse outcomes, especially bacteremia and acute kidney injury. Multivariate analysis revealed that a glycemic gap >146 mg/dL and APACHE II score >15 were independent predictors of adverse outcomes, while the presence of hyperglycemia at admission was not. CONCLUSIONS:An elevated glycemic gap was significantly independently associated with adverse outcomes in diabetic NF patients. Further prospective studies are warranted to validate the role of the glycemic gap in NF patients with diabetes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cedecdb648c943d58cb2666c9a1f56362022-12-21T22:36:47ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032019-01-011410e022312610.1371/journal.pone.0223126An elevated glycemic gap predicts adverse outcomes in diabetic patients with necrotizing fasciitis.Po-Chuan ChenShih-Hung TsaiJen-Chun WangYuan-Sheng TzengYung-Chih WangChi-Ming ChuShi-Jye ChuWen-I LiaoBACKGROUND:Diabetes is the most common comorbidity of necrotizing fasciitis (NF), but the effect of stress-induced hyperglycemia (SIH) on diabetic patients with NF has never been investigated. The aim of this study was to assess whether SIH, as determined by the glycemic gap between admission glucose levels and A1C-derived average glucose levels, predicts adverse outcomes in diabetic patients hospitalized with NF. METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed the glycemic gap and clinical outcomes in 252 diabetic patients hospitalized due to NF from 2011 to 2018 in a single medical center in Taiwan. A receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to analyze the optimal cutoff values for predicting adverse outcomes. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were employed to identify significant predictors of adverse outcomes. RESULTS:In total, 194 diabetic NF patients were enrolled. Compared with patients without adverse outcomes, patients with adverse outcomes had significantly higher glycemic gaps, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II scores and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels; lower albumin and hemoglobin levels; greater incidence of limb loss; and longer hospital and intensive care unit stays. The glycemic gap positively correlates with the laboratory risk indicator for NF scores, APACHE II scores and CRP levels. A glycemic gap of 146 mg/dL was the optimal cutoff value for predicting adverse outcomes using the ROC curve. Compared with patients with glycemic gaps ≤146 mg/dL, those with glycemic gaps >146 mg/dL had higher APACHE II scores and incidence rates of adverse outcomes, especially bacteremia and acute kidney injury. Multivariate analysis revealed that a glycemic gap >146 mg/dL and APACHE II score >15 were independent predictors of adverse outcomes, while the presence of hyperglycemia at admission was not. CONCLUSIONS:An elevated glycemic gap was significantly independently associated with adverse outcomes in diabetic NF patients. Further prospective studies are warranted to validate the role of the glycemic gap in NF patients with diabetes.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223126 |
| spellingShingle | Po-Chuan Chen Shih-Hung Tsai Jen-Chun Wang Yuan-Sheng Tzeng Yung-Chih Wang Chi-Ming Chu Shi-Jye Chu Wen-I Liao An elevated glycemic gap predicts adverse outcomes in diabetic patients with necrotizing fasciitis. PLoS ONE |
| title | An elevated glycemic gap predicts adverse outcomes in diabetic patients with necrotizing fasciitis. |
| title_full | An elevated glycemic gap predicts adverse outcomes in diabetic patients with necrotizing fasciitis. |
| title_fullStr | An elevated glycemic gap predicts adverse outcomes in diabetic patients with necrotizing fasciitis. |
| title_full_unstemmed | An elevated glycemic gap predicts adverse outcomes in diabetic patients with necrotizing fasciitis. |
| title_short | An elevated glycemic gap predicts adverse outcomes in diabetic patients with necrotizing fasciitis. |
| title_sort | elevated glycemic gap predicts adverse outcomes in diabetic patients with necrotizing fasciitis |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223126 |
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