PURPOSE There is still controversy about the association between admission blood glucose concentration and outcome of acute stroke. We studied the association between admission blood glucose and in-hospital death / dependency among acute stroke patients in Inner Mongolia, China. METHODS 2,178 acute ischemic and 1,760 hemorrhagic stroke patients in six hospitals were included in the study. Blo...

Intervention: On admission, patients were randomly assigned to strict normalization of blood glucose levels (80 to 110 mg per deciliter [4.4 to 6.1 mmol per liter]) with the use of insulin infusion or to conventional therapy (insulin administered when the blood glucose level exceeded 215 mg per deciliter [12 mmol per liter], with the infusion tapered when the level fell below 180 mg per decilit...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate glucose control and clinical outcomes in diabetic burn intensive care unit (ICU) patients. The authors reviewed 462 civilian patients admitted to the burn ICU over 4 years. Exclusion criteria were age <18 years, admission because of skin infection, incomplete records, and military patients. Subjects were labeled as diabetic if they had a diagnosis of di...

In an attempt to determine whether strict glucose control (SGC) [1] was adopted in ICUs in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) before or after the publication of NICE-SUGAR (Normoglycemia in Intensive Care Evaluation and Surviving Using Glucose Algorithm Regulation) [2], Kaukonen and colleagues examined the ‘mean of the highest and lowest blood glucose level in the first 24 hours after ICU admissio...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the admission blood glucose level following acute poisoning, severity of acute poisoning and clinical outcome. MATERIAL AND METHODS This prospective study was conducted on 345 deliberate self-poisoning patients. Standard demographic and clinical information; admission blood glucose level; poisoning severity score a...

 Abstract Background: Hypoglycaemia is a well recognized complication of falciparum malaria in children but its diagnosis may be overlooked because all the clinical features may be mimicked by severe malaria. To determine the prevalence of hypoglycaemia at the point of hospital admission of under-fives with falciparum malaria and identify its risk factors in patients seen in a Nigerian...

abstract background: acute coronary syndrome is the most common disease in the world. several studies suggest that hyperglycemia is associated with poor clinical outcomes in patients with coronary artery disease. the aim of this study was to investigate the impact of insulin infusion protocol and conventional therapy on the blood glucose level and outcomes in acute coronary syndrome patients wi...

statement of the problem: reducing the patients' stress can prevent, or at least, limit the increase in blood glucose level. purpose: the study compares the effect of propofol and midazolam on blood glucose level in the patients undergoing dental implant surgery. the effect of pre-operational stress on blood glucose level during the surgery is also evaluated. materials and method: this prospect...

BACKGROUND Diabetic patients have a double higher short-term mortality rate after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) than non-diabetic ones. Admission glucose level has been already concerned as an independent risk factor for the long-term prognosis after myocardial infarction. The aim of this study is to evaluate the influence of admission glucose profile (AGP) and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1...