Introduction The incidence of hyperglycemia is 40-60%in critically ill patients and is up to 60-80%in those who have undergone car-diac surgery.[1]The results of an epidemiological study in the United States showed th...Introduction The incidence of hyperglycemia is 40-60%in critically ill patients and is up to 60-80%in those who have undergone car-diac surgery.[1]The results of an epidemiological study in the United States showed that 28.6%of diabetic patients and 9.3%of non-diabetic patients had elevated mean daily glucose on the day of ICU admission.[2]In critically ill patients,elevated blood glucose is primarily the result of stress,and stress-induced hy-perglycemia is an independent risk factor associated with prog-nosis,regardless of a previous diagnosis of diabetes.Nutritional therapy has become an integral treatment option for patients in the ICU,[3,4]though nearly 30%of patients with enteral nu-trition and 44-50%with parenteral nutrition(PN)experience elevated glucose.[5,6]Intensive insulin therapy(IIT)is an impor-tant treatment for controlling hyperglycemia in critically ill pa-tients,but it also carries a corresponding risk of hypoglycemia.展开更多
文摘Introduction The incidence of hyperglycemia is 40-60%in critically ill patients and is up to 60-80%in those who have undergone car-diac surgery.[1]The results of an epidemiological study in the United States showed that 28.6%of diabetic patients and 9.3%of non-diabetic patients had elevated mean daily glucose on the day of ICU admission.[2]In critically ill patients,elevated blood glucose is primarily the result of stress,and stress-induced hy-perglycemia is an independent risk factor associated with prog-nosis,regardless of a previous diagnosis of diabetes.Nutritional therapy has become an integral treatment option for patients in the ICU,[3,4]though nearly 30%of patients with enteral nu-trition and 44-50%with parenteral nutrition(PN)experience elevated glucose.[5,6]Intensive insulin therapy(IIT)is an impor-tant treatment for controlling hyperglycemia in critically ill pa-tients,but it also carries a corresponding risk of hypoglycemia.