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. 2010 Feb 4;14(1):R12. doi: 10.1186/cc8866

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

No history of insulin-treated diabetes
(n = 2921)
History of insulin-treated diabetes
(n = 226)
P value
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

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