Mortality risk associated with blood sugar levels in patients with septicemia in Intensive Care

• Main Authors: Adriana Cristina Moreira (Author), Luciano Garcia Lourenção (Author), Natália Sperli Geraldes Marin Santos Sassaki (Author), Claudia Eli Gazetta (Author), Silvia Helena Figueiredo Vendramini (Author), Maria de Lourdes Sperli Geraldes Santos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Federal do Ceará, 2016-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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.

Item Description

10.15253/2175-6783.2016000300004
1517-3852
2175-6783