1. Stress hyperglycemia is associated with longer ICU length of stay after endoscopic intracerebral hemorrhage evacuation.
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Vasa D, Rossitto CP, Ezzat B, Bazil M, Schuldt B, Johnson B, Ali M, Mocco J, and Kellner CP
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- Humans, Male, Female, Retrospective Studies, Aged, Middle Aged, Time Factors, Treatment Outcome, Risk Factors, Disability Evaluation, Risk Assessment, Predictive Value of Tests, Aged, 80 and over, Neurosurgical Procedures adverse effects, Blood Glucose metabolism, Cerebral Hemorrhage surgery, Cerebral Hemorrhage diagnosis, Cerebral Hemorrhage blood, Length of Stay, Hyperglycemia diagnosis, Hyperglycemia blood, Glycated Hemoglobin metabolism, Intensive Care Units, Biomarkers blood
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Background: Stress hyperglycemia has been linked to poor outcomes in intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Recent studies using the ratio of blood glucose to glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) as a marker for stress hyperglycemia have demonstrated greater discriminative power in predicting poor outcomes for stroke inpatients compared to blood glucose alone. Therefore, we aimed to investigate whether the preoperative glucose-to-HbA1c ratio is a predictor of postoperative outcomes in patients who have undergone minimally invasive ICH evacuation., Methods: Retrospective chart review was performed on ICH patients treated with minimally invasive surgery (MIS) in a single health system from 2015 to 2022. Stress hyperglycemia was defined as preoperative glucose-to-HbA1c ratio > calculated-median. Postoperative outcomes including modified Rankin Score (mRS) and length of stay (LOS) were collected. Univariate analyses were conducted to determine associations. Variables with p<0.05 were included in multivariate analyses., Results: Of 192 patients who underwent minimally invasive ICH evacuation and had available glucose data, 96 demonstrated stress hyperglycemia (glucose-to-HbA1c ratio > 1.23). Patients with stress hyperglycemia were more likely to have a history of diabetes (43 % vs. 27 %, p=0.034), IVH (54 % vs. 33 %, p=0.007), higher preoperative hematoma volumes (46.8 ml vs. 38.6 mL, p=0.02), higher postoperative hematoma volumes (6 ml vs. 2.9 mL, p=0.008), smaller evacuation percentages (86.7 % vs. 92.7 %, p=0.048), longer procedure lengths (2.78 hrs vs. 2.23 hrs, p=0.015), and prolonged ICU LOS (9.44 days vs. 5.68 days, p=0.003). In a multivariate analysis, stress hyperglycemia remained predictive of prolonged ICU LOS (OR=2.44; p=0.026) when controlling for initial NIHSS, IVH, time to evacuation, procedure time, and diabetes., Conclusions: Stress hyperglycemia was strongly associated with prolonged ICU LOS after MIS for ICH. Understanding factors associated with LOS may provide predictive value for a patient's hospital course after minimally invasive ICH evacuation and further guide clinician expectations of recovery., Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest CPK receives research grant support from Integra, Penumbra, Viz.AI, Siemens, Medtronic, Minnetronix, Longeviti, Irras, ICE Neurosystems, CVAID, Endostream, and Microtransponder; and has equity in Precision Recovery, Borealis, E8, Borvo, and Metis Innovative. Metis Innovative is an investment group that has coordinated investments in Synchron, Proprio, Fluid Biomed, Von Vascular, and Precision Recovery. JM receives research support from Penumbra to evaluate the feasibility of ICH evacuation; this funding was not involved in this study. The other authors report no conflict of interest relevant to the work presented in this article, (Copyright © 2024 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2024
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