Authors: Janett Kreutziger Volker Wenzel Andrea Kurz Mihai Adrian Constantinescu
Publish Date: 2009/02/24
Volume: 35, Issue: 7, Pages: 1234-1239
Abstract
The inclusion criteria were met by 555 patients of which 108 195 died Hyperglycaemia proved to be an independent predictor for hospital mortality P 00001 following multiple regression analysis After inclusion of admission blood glucose the calculated mortality prediction model performed better than currently described models P 00001 AUC 0924In this retrospective singlecentre study in polytraumatised patients admission blood glucose proved to be an independent predictor of hospital mortality following regression analysis controlling for age gender injury severity and other laboratory parameters A reliable admission blood glucosebased mortality prediction model for polytraumatised patients could be established This observation may be helpful in improving the precision of future outcome prediction models for polytraumatised patients These observations warrant further prospective evaluationThe authors thank Prof Juerg Huesler and Mrs Eliane Gut Institute for Mathematical Statistics and Insurance Calculations of the University of Berne Switzerland and Dr Franziska SchöniAffolter Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois Lausanne Switzerland for their support in statistical data analysis
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