Hyperglycemia: A Predictor of Death in Severe Head Injury Patients | Zendy

Simin Babaie Kafaki | Zendy; Kamaledin Alaedini | Zendy; Ashkan Qorbani | Zendy; Leila Asadian | Zendy; Kaveh Haddadi | Zendy

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Hyperglycemia: A Predictor of Death in Severe Head Injury Patients

Author(s) -

Simin Babaie Kafaki,

Kamaledin Alaedini,

Ashkan Qorbani,

Leila Asadian,

Kaveh Haddadi

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

clinical medicine insights endocrinology and diabetes

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.527

H-Index - 15

ISSN - 1179-5514

DOI - 10.4137/cmed.s40330

Subject(s) - medicine , glasgow coma scale , glycated hemoglobin , diabetes mellitus , intensive care unit , mechanical ventilation , prospective cohort study , traumatic brain injury , mortality rate , coma (optics) , head injury , anesthesia , emergency medicine , surgery , type 2 diabetes , physics , psychiatry , optics , endocrinology

Management of hyperglycemia during an acute sickness in adults is accompanied by improved outcomes. We have designed a prospective study with meticulous attention to exclude all diabetes patients by checking hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c or glycated hemoglobin) to avoid the ill-effects of hyperglycemia in patients with traumatic head injury admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU).

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