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Frequency And Mortality Associated With Hyperglycemia In Critically Ill Children, Sabeen Abid Khan, Mohsina Noor Ibrahim, Anwarul Haque
Frequency And Mortality Associated With Hyperglycemia In Critically Ill Children, Sabeen Abid Khan, Mohsina Noor Ibrahim, Anwarul Haque
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health
Objective: To determine the frequency of hyperglycemia in critically ill children admitted in PICU of a tertiary care hospital of Karachi and to compare the mortality of critically ill children with and without hyperglycemia.
Study Design: Cross-sectional study.
Place and Duration of Study: Paediatrics Intensive Care Unit (PICU) of National Institute of Child Health (NICH), Karachi, from November 2011 to April 2012.
Methodology: One hundred fifty critically ill children admitted to PICU were included. Patients who had fasting blood sugar levels more than 126 mg/dl within 48 hours of admission were included in the hyperglycemic group. The normoglycemic and hyperglycemic …