Erschienen in:
01.02.2009 | Commentary
Diabetes and sepsis outcomes – it is not all bad news
verfasst von:
Sachin Yende, Tom van der Poll
Erschienen in:
Critical Care
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Ausgabe 1/2009
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Abstract
Patients with diabetes mellitus have an increased risk of developing infections and sepsis. In this issue of Critical Care Esper and colleagues report on a large survey, involving 12.5 million sepsis cases, that examined the impact of pre-existing diabetes on organ dysfunction during sepsis. Their main conclusion was that diabetes patients, relative to non-diabetics, were less likely to develop respiratory failure and more likely to develop renal failure during the course of sepsis.