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Is there a relationship between admission blood glucose level following acute poisoning and clinical outcome?
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. Standar...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Termedia Publishing House
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3258686/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22291737 http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2011.20608 |
Sumario: | 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 and outcome were recorded. Patients with a history of diabetes mellitus, receipt of pre-sampling intravenous dextrose solution or glucocorticoids, and poisoning with toxic agents which produce hyper- or hypoglycaemia were excluded. RESULTS: Mean age of the patients was 27.5 ±8.6 years. Females outnumbered males (57.9%). Oral ingestion of more than one drug (46.7%) and opiates (14.2%) were the main causes of poisoning. Blood glucose values ranged from 50 mg/dl to 396 mg/dl. Hyper- and hypoglycaemia were observed in 23.8% and 13.91% respectively. A total of 24.41% and 22.92% of the patients in hyper- and hypoglycaemic groups had grade 3 and 4 severity score in comparison with 4.18% in the normoglycaemic group. Development of complications and death were 14.64% and 10.42% in patients with hyper- and hypoglycaemia versus 3.73% in patients with normoglycaemia. A significant difference between normoglycaemic and hyperglycaemic patients in the severity of poisoning and clinical outcome was observed (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Admission blood glucose levels may have a relationship with the severity of poisoning and clinical outcome following acute poisoning. |
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