%0 Journal Article
%T Altered blood glucose concentration is associated with risk of death among patients with community-acquired Gram-negative rod bacteremia
%A Galo Peralta
%A M Blanca S¨¢nchez
%A J Carlos Garrido
%A Bego£¿a Ceballos
%A F¨¢tima Mateos
%A In¨¦s De Benito
%A M P¨ªa Roiz
%J BMC Infectious Diseases
%D 2010
%I BioMed Central
%R 10.1186/1471-2334-10-181
%X A retrospective cohort study design for analyzing patients with Gram negative rod bacteremia was employed, with the main outcome measure being in-hospital mortality. Patients were stratified in quintiles accordingly deviation of the blood glucose concentration from a central value with lowest mortality. Cox proportional-hazards regression model was used for determining the relationship of same day of bacteremia blood glucose and death.Of 869 patients identified 63 (7.4%) died. Same day of bacteremia blood glucose concentration had a U-shaped relationship with in-hospital mortality. The lowest mortality (2%) was detected in the range of blood glucose concentration from 150 to 160 mg/dL. Greater deviation of blood glucose concentration from the central value of this range (155 mg/dL, reference value) was directly associated with higher risk of death (p = 0.002, chi for trend). The low-risk group (quintile 1) had a mortality of 3.3%, intermediate-risk group (quintiles 2, 3 and 4) a mortality of 7.1%, and the high-risk group (quintile 5) a mortality of 12.05%. In a multivariable Cox regression model, the hazard ratio for death among patients in the intermediate-risk group as compared with that in the low risk group was 2.88 (95% confidence interval, 1.01 to 8.18; P = 0.048), and for the high risk group it was 4.26 (95% confidence interval, 1.41 to 12.94; P = 0.01).Same day of bacteremia blood glucose concentration is related with outcome of patients with Gram-negative rod bacteremia. Lowest mortality is detected in patients with blood glucose concentration in an interval of 150-160 mg/dL. Deviations from these values are associated with an increased risk of death.Community acquired Gram-negative bacillus bacteremia (GNB) is a leading cause of hospitalization, sepsis and mortality [1]. Altered blood glucose concentration is frequently detected in patients with sepsis and has been associated with adverse outcome [2-9]. Variable cut-off values of hospital admission blood g
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