Research Article
Early Hyperglycemia in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury Predicts for Mortality, Prolonged Duration of Mechanical Ventilation, and Intensive Care Stay
Table 3
Presenting glucose as a predictor for clinical outcomes in patients with GCS ≤8 (
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| Hyperglycemia defined as
glucose >200 mg/dL (11.1 mmol/L) | EDa normoglycemia () | EDa hyperglycemia () | values |
| | Death, (%) | 2 (15) | 7 (47) | 0.077 | | 28 hospital-free days, median (IQRb) | 5 (0–23) | 10 (0–23) | 0.587 | | 14 pediatric intensive care unit-free days, median (IQRb) | 7 (0–12) | 5 (2–10) | 0.815 | | 14 ventilation-free days, median (IQRb) | 8 (0–13) | 7 (2–10) | 0.889 |
| Hyperglycemia defined as
glucose >150 mg/dL (8.3 mmol/L) | EDa normoglycemia () | EDa hyperglycemia () | values |
| | Death, (%) | 2 (22) | 7 (37) | 0.439 | | 28 hospital-free days, median (IQRb) | 5 (0–7) | 10 (0–23) | 0.668 | | 14 pediatric intensive care unit-free days, median (IQRb) | 7 (0–8) | 5 (0–10) | 0.960 | | 14 ventilation-free days, median (IQRb) | 8 (0–9) | 7 (2–11) | 0.901 |
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ED: emergency department; bIQR: interquartile range.
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