Diabetologia

The good and the bad of diabetes mellitus in the critically ill

Diabetes mellitus is increasingly prevalent and associated with significant end organ damage that one may presume to impact upon critical illness. However, Siegelaar and colleagues present data that suggest, excepting those patients admitted to a cardiac intensive care unit (ICU), the presence of diabetes mellitus is not associated with increased mortality in critically ill patients.
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Critical Care