ArticleIntensive care medicine2009
Diabetes mellitus is an independent risk factor for ICU-acquired bloodstream infections.
Article in Intensive care medicine, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07261865 (Identifying Diabetes and Impaired Glucose Tolerance in ICU Patients and Assessing Their Impact on Organ Failure and Outcome.), which is not on this map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Identifying Diabetes and Impaired Glucose Tolerance in ICU Patients and Assessing Their Impact on Organ Failure and Outcome.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.
- The effect of diabetes on mortality in critically ill patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Critical care (London, England) · 2011Pooled it
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- Diabetes Mellitus Is an Independent Predictor of Short-Term Mortality in Critically Ill ICU Patients.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Do diabetes and poor control of acute stress-related hyperglycemia increase the risk of ICU-acquired infections? A retrospective assessment in patients with septic shock.Annals of intensive care · 2025Article
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- Association of Diabetes and Admission Blood Glucose Levels with Short-Term Outcomes in Patients with Critical Illnesses.Journal of inflammation research · 2020Article
- Predicting Mortality in Diabetic ICU Patients Using Machine Learning and Severity Indices.AMIA Joint Summits on Translational Science proceedings. AMIA Joint Summits on Translational Science · 2018Article
- Zinc Supplementation in Adult Mechanically Ventilated Trauma Patients is Associated with Decreased Occurrence of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia: A Secondary Analysis of a Prospective, Observational Study.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2017Article
- The Impact of Obesity and Diabetes on the Risk of Disease and Death due to Invasive Group A Streptococcus Infections in Adults.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2016Article
- Is type 2 diabetes mellitus in mechanically ventilated adult trauma patients potentially related to the occurrence of ventilator-associated pneumonia?Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · 2016Article
- Poorly Regulated Blood Glucose in Diabetic Patients-predictor of Acute Infections.Medical archives (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) · 2014Article
- Effect of diabetes on outcomes in patients undergoing emergent cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis.World journal of surgery · 2013Article
- Gender differences in risk of bloodstream and surgical site infections.Journal of general internal medicine · 2013Article
- Diabetes and hemoglobin a1c as risk factors for nosocomial infections in critically ill patients.Critical care research and practice · 2013Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate the role of diabetes as risk factor for ICU-acquired bloodstream infections (BSI).
designProspective observational study.
settingA general eight-bed ICU of a tertiary hospital. PATIENTS: Three hundred and forty-three consecutive patients (63 diabetic and 280 nondiabetic) admitted in the ICU.
methodsBSI episodes in the ICU were recorded and classified as primary, secondary, catheter-related and mixed according to strict criteria. In all patients, blood glucose was strictly controlled with a continuous insulin infusion within a range of 80-120 mg/dl.
resultsOne-hundred and eighteen patients (34.4%) developed at least one BSI episode. Diabetic patients had an increased probability of developing at least one BSI episode compared with nondiabetic patients (hazard ratio = 1.66, 95% confidence interval 1.04-2.64, P = 0.034) in a Cox proportional hazards regression model adjusting for age, gender, admission category and APACHE II score at admission in the ICU and comorbidities.
conclusionsDespite strict glycemic control, diabetic patients have a 1.7-fold probability of developing an ICU-acquired BSI compared to nondiabetic subjects.
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