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Table 1 Admission reason and baseline characteristics.

From: Glycemic variability and glucose complexity in critically ill patients: a retrospective analysis of continuous glucose monitoring data

 

Real time CGM [21]

Controls [21, 22]

Total [21, 22]

Included Patients

63

111

174

Admission reason

Number of patients (% of patients in the category)

Respiratory failure

15 (24)

23 (21)

38 (22)

CPR

12 (19)

27 (24)

39 (22)

Sepsis/Septic shock

13 (20)

24 (22)

37 (21)

Heart failure

8 (13)

21 (19)

29 (17)

Neurologic disease/Coma

9 (14)

10 (9)

19 (11)

Pulmonary embolism

3 (5)

3 (3)

6 (3)

GI-bleeding/ALF

3 (5)

2 (2)

5 (3)

Necrotising pancreatitis

0 (0)

1 (1)

1 (1)

History of diabetes

12 (19)

21 (19)

33 (19)

Age (years)

59 ± 15

62 ± 16

61 ± 16

Gender (male/female)

41/22

64/47

105/69

BMI (kg/m²)

27.1 ± 5.1

26.4 ± 3.9

26.7 ± 4.4

SAPS II

60 ± 16

58 ± 16

59 ± 16

SOFA on admission day

11.5 ± 3.8

10.9 ± 3.5

11 ± 4

  1. Data are means ± SD, unless otherwise stated. ALF, acute liver failure; BMI, body mass index; CPR, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; SAPSII, Simplified Acute Physiology Score; SD, standard deviation; SOFA, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment.