1. Fasting hyperglycaemia and in-hospital mortality in elderly population
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Sara Tognini, Arsenio Muñoz, Mt Guerrero, Antonio Polini, Jj Diez, Fabio Monzani, Pedro Iglesias, Angela Dardano, M Castiglioni, Florentino Prado, and Mc Macías
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medicine.medical_specialty ,education.field_of_study ,In hospital mortality ,business.industry ,Mortality rate ,Population ,General Medicine ,Gastroenterology ,Internal medicine ,Elderly population ,High glucose ,Cohort ,medicine ,Fasting hyperglycaemia ,In patient ,Intensive care medicine ,education ,business - Abstract
Summary Background: Admission hyperglycaemia has shown to be a marker of poor clinical outcome. The prevalence of admission hyperglycaemia and its relationship with in-hospital mortality in elderly population has not been clearly defined. We assessed the prevalence and prognostic significance of admission fasting hyperglycaemia in aged patients. Methods: A total of 808 elderly patients were studied. Patients were classified into group I (serum glucose 180 mg/dl). Groups II and III were considered newly recognised fasting hyperglycaemia (NRFH) in non-diabetic patients. Results: NRFH was present in 18.6%. After excluding diabetic patients (n = 206, 25.5%), the distribution of patients (n = 602, 74.5%) was as follows: group I (n = 452, 55.9%), group II (n = 122, 15.1%) and group III (n = 28, 3.5%). In the whole cohort, median fasting glucose was lower in patients who survived [105 mg/dl (88–135)] than in those who died [127 mg/dl (93–159), p
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- 2011
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