TABLE II.

Complications in Patients with and without Diabetes

	Historical Control Group*	Glucose Management Protocol Group*	P Value
Patients without diabetes
No. of patients	634	968
Readmissions within 90 days	51 (8.0%)	74 (7.6%)	0.771
ER visits within 90 days	94 (14.8%)	129 (13.3%)	0.396
Positive clinical cultures	13 (2.1%)	26 (2.7%)	0.420
Total complications	158 (24.9%)	229 (23.7%)	0.563
Patients with diabetes
No. of patients	252	430
Readmissions within 90 days	30 (11.9%)	41 (9.5%)	0.328
ER visits within 90 days	48 (19.0%)	74 (17.2%)	0.545
Positive clinical cultures	7 (2.8%)	16 (3.7%)	0.510
Total complications	85 (33.7%)	131 (30.5%)	0.376

^*The values are given as the number of patients, with or without the percentage in parentheses.