Measures of Risk for Sepsis and Mortality in Severe Burned Patients with Stress Induced Hyperglycemia.
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Albana Aleksi; Monika Belba
- Source
- Albanian Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Vol 5, Iss 2 (2021)
- Subject
- Burns
Hyperglycemia
Sepsis
mortality
Surgery
RD1-811
Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid
RC86-88.9
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2521-8778
2616-4922
Background; Hyperglycemia as a medical condition due to diabetes or other underlying conditions like Stress-Induced Hyperglycemia and sepsis as a life-threatening medical condition are two of the challenges faced during burn treatment. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the risk for sepsis and mortality for the patients with critical hyperglycemic values during the disease. Material and Methods; This is an observational retrospective cohort study conducted in the Service of Burns of the University Hospital Centre “Mother Teresa” in Tirana (UHCT), Albania from 1st January 2010 to 31st December 2014. Patients were categorized as having euglycemia (mean BG values ranging from 80-120 mg/dl), moderate hyper Sepsis was defined according to the ABA Consensus Panel Publication for Infection and Sepsis glycemia (mean BG values