Serum glucose levels for predicting death in patients admitted to hospital for community acquired pneumonia: prospective cohort study

M. Lepper, Philipp; R. Ott, Sebastian; Nüesch, Eveline; von Eynatten, Maximilian; Schumann, Christian; W. Pletz, Mathias; Mealing, Nicole; Welte, Tobias; T. Bauer, Torten; Suttorp, Norbert; Jüni, Peter; Bals, Robert; Rohde, Gernot; behalf of the German Community Acquired Pneumonia Competence Network (CAPNETZ), on

doi:10.1136/bmj.e3397

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Serum glucose levels for predicting death in patients admitted to hospital for community acquired pneumonia: prospective cohort study

Published in BMJ • May 28, 2012

Authors:

Philipp M. Lepper

Sebastian R. Ott

Eveline Nüesch

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To examine whether acute dysglycaemia predicts death in people admitted to hospital with community acquired pneumonia. DESIGN: Multicentre prospective cohort study. SETTING: Hospitals and private practices in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. PARTICIPANTS: 6891 patients with community ac...

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Medicine

Community-acquired pneumonia

Diabetes mellitus

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