Mortality risk associated with blood sugar levels in patients with septicemia in Intensive Care
Objective: to estimate the mortality risk associated with blood sugar levels in patients with septicemia in an Intensive Care Unit. Methods: this is a retrospective cohort study, performed with 263 patients with septicemia admitted to an intensive care unit, using the h...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal do Ceará
2016-01-01
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| Series: | Rev Rene |
| Online Access: | http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=324046243004 |
| Summary: | Objective: to estimate the mortality risk associated with blood sugar levels in patients with septicemia in an Intensive Care Unit. Methods: this is a retrospective cohort study, performed with 263 patients with septicemia admitted to an intensive care unit, using the hospital management system data. Results: there was a higher frequency of patients aged from 14 to 59 years old (52.1%), male (55.9%), white (85.9%) of clinical specialties (65.8%); the hospitalization period ranged from 2 to 132 days; 91.6% of patients (n=241) were hyperglycemic at the time of hospitalization. There were 37 (14.1%) deaths, more frequent in patients with hyperglycemia during hospitalization (1.49 deaths/1,000 patients). Conclusion: hyperglycemia was a risk factor for mortality in patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit. |
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| ISSN: | 1517-3852 2175-6783 |