Abnormal Glucose on Emergency Admission Predicts Survival
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Patients without known diabetes who had a random blood glucose test in a hospital emergency department (ED) that revealed hyper- or hypoglycemia had worse 30-day and long-term (average 3.9 years) survival and cardiovascular outcomes than did patients with normal blood glucose levels, as found in a large observational study in Sweden.
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@saptarshi The results confirm findings from smaller, shorter studies. The findings suggest that random blood glucose measurement in the ED can help identify patients at increased risk for adverse outcomes, and the authors called for controlled studies to test interventions that could potentially improve these outcomes.