This is a retrospective analysis of prospectively acquired clinical data from an intensive care unit of a tertiary referral hospital in central Taiwan. Patients were included if they were admitted due to severe sepsis from July 2010 to June 2011.
A total of 127 patients (100 males and 27 females) were included for analysis. A 72-min-BGV less than or equal to 120 mg/dL was associated with increased 14-day mortality. Further subgroup analysis revealed that this association existed only in the patients without diabetes. In multivariate logistic regression analysis, a 72-min-BGV less than or equal to 120 mg/dL was an independent risk factor for 14-day mortality (adjusted odds ratio, 5.09; 95% confidence interval, 1.26-23.33; P= .024) in the patients without diabetes.
A 72-min-BGV less than or equal to 120 mg/dL was an independent risk factor for 14-day mortality in nondiabetic patients with hyperglycemia admitted to our intensive care unit due to severe sepsis, but not in diabetic patients under the same setting.