Diabetic Range
Poor glycaemic control includes hypoglycaemia as well as hyperglycaemia and leads to poorer health outcomes:
Hyperglycaemia is common in diabetes but can also occur in other conditions (e.g. critical illness, sepsis, surgical patients) up to 80% of critically ill patients experience hyperglycemeia
- Hospitalised patients with hypoglycaemia have more than double the risk of mortality
- Glycaemic variability is associated with higher mortality in critically ill patients
- Hyperglycaemia in orthopaedic trauma patients significantly increases the risk of perioperative infections
- Acute medical patients with hyperglycaemia, have longer length of stay, more frequent 28-day readmissions, and higher mortality rates
- Hyperglycaemia is associated with higher mortality in patients with penetrating traumatic injuries