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Table 2 Procedures, organ failures, and presence of infection during the ICU stay, and ICU and hospital outcomes in patients with and without a history of insulin-treated diabetes

From: Insulin-treated diabetes is not associated with increased mortality in critically ill patients

 

No history of insulin-treated diabetes

(n = 2921)

History of insulin-treated diabetes

(n = 226)

Pvalue

Infection, n (%)

   

   Before 48 hours

825 (28)

73 (32)

0.19

   After 48 hours (ICU acquired)

263 (9)

16 (7)

0.33

Sepsis, n (%)

1088 (37)

89 (39)

0.52

Severe sepsis, n (%)

855 (29)

75 (33)

0.23

Septic shock, n (%)

423 (15)

39 (17)

0.28

Procedures, n (%)

   

   Mechanical ventilation, at least once

1886 (65)

139 (62)

0.35

   Hemofiltration, at least once

187 (6)

24 (11)

0.02

   Hemodialysis, at least once

111 (4)

30 (13)

< 0.001

Organ dysfunction (any time), n (%)

   

   Renal failure

1015 (35)

105 (47)

< 0.01

with hemodialysis on admission

32 (1.1)

11 (4.9)

< 0.001

without hemodialysis on admission

983 (34)

94 (42)

0.02

   Respiratory failure

1202 (41)

99 (44)

0.44

   Coagulation failure

289 (10)

20 (9)

0.73

   Hepatic failure

154 (5.3)

14 (6)

0.54

   CNS failure

782 (27)

57 (25)

0.64

   Cardiovascular failure

971 (33)

81 (36)

0.42

Organ dysfunction (after 48 hours), n (%)

   

   Renal failure

248 (9)

23 (10)

0.38

   Respiratory failure

208 (7)

18 (8)

0.64

   Coagulation failure

75 (3)

6 (3)

0.73

   Hepatic failure

51 (2)

4 (2)

0.98

   CNS failure

76 (3)

5 (2)

0.72

   Cardiovascular failure

93 (3)

10 (4)

0.31

ICU LOS, days, median (IQR)

3 (2-7)

3 (2-8)

0.49

Hospital stay, days, median (IQR)

15 (7-32)

17 (9-35)

0.15

ICU mortality, n (%)

540 (19)

43 (19)

0.86

Hospital mortality, n (%)

684 (24)

63 (28)

0.15

  1. CNS = central nervous system; ICU = intensive care unit; IQR = interquartile range; LOS = length of stay.