Table 1.
Prognostic value of hyperglycaemia.
| Stress situation | Patients (n) | Hyperglycaemia (definition [mmol/l]) | Mortality (high versus lower BG) |
| Acute hospital admission [5] | 1886 | fasting > 7, twice > 11.1 | 16% versus 1.7% |
| Surgical intensive care patients [10] | 97 | ≥ 6.1 | 32% versus 8% |
| Trauma [2] | 738 | > 11.1 | 34.1% versus 3.7% |
| Trauma [20] | 1003 | > 11.1 | RR 2.2-fold higher |
| Severe burn injury [38] | 58 | > 7.8 | 27% versus 4% |
| Acute myocardial infarction [15] | 1856 | ≥ 6.1 | RR 4-fold higher |
| Myocardial infarction in diabetic patients [15] | 688 | ≥ 10 | RR 1.7-fold higher |
| Acute myocardial infarction [13] | 336 | > 11.1 | 40% versus about 10% |
| Cerebrovascular accident [19] | > 2000 | ≥ 6.1–7 | RR 3-fold higher |
| Cerebrovascular accident [18] | 656 | > 7.2 | 18% versus 11% |
| Severe brain damage [39] | 59 | > 11.1 | Higher mortality |
BG, blood glucose; RR, relative risk.