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Review
. 2009;13(1):117.
doi: 10.1186/cc7707. Epub 2009 Feb 18.

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

Sachin Yende  1 , Tom van der Poll
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Review

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

Sachin Yende et al. Crit Care. 2009.

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.

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