Diabetes and sepsis outcomes - it is not all bad news
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| Publication date | 2009 |
| Journal | Critical Care |
| Volume | Issue number | 13 | 1 |
| Pages (from-to) | 117 |
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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 |
| Document type | Article |
| Published at | https://doi.org/10.1186/cc7707 |
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