Retrospective nested non-matched case control study comparing patients by glycemic status
This retrospective nested non-matched case control study compared patients directly admitted to the General Medicine Wards, not transferred from ICU with * hyperglycemia on admission but no previous diagnosis of diabetes * diabetic hyperglycemic patients * non hyperglycemic non diabetic patients from the same nested population. The investigators' hypothesis is that the clinical characteristics and endpoints of the non diabetic hyperglycemics should be similar to the diabetic population and different from the non diabetic non hyperglycemic population.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
600
John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Length of stay
Hospital stay measured in days
Time frame: Measured 24 hours after patient is discharged. From day 1 of admission until day of discharge
Inpatient Mortality
Mortality measured in number of events
Time frame: From day 1 of admission until day of discharge
Frequency of SIRS on admission
Number of SIRS
Time frame: Measures obtained 24 hours after patient is discharged. Clinical data obtained on day 1 of admission
Frequency of inpatient infection
Measured in number of events
Time frame: From day 1 of admission until day of discharge
Rate of use of intravenous glucose drip
Rate of use
Time frame: From day 1 of admission until day of discharge
Frequency of steroid use
Frequency of use
Time frame: From day 1 of admission until day of discharge
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