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    Crit Care. 2009;13(1):117. Epub 2009 Feb 18.

    Diabetes and sepsis outcomes--it is not all bad news.

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    The Clinical Research, Investigation, and Systems Modeling of Acute Illness Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. yendes@upmc.edu

    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.

    PMID:
    19291261
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
    PMCID: PMC2688126
    Free PMC Article

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