The impact of blood glucose on community-acquired pneumonia: a retrospective cohort study

Hyperglycaemia is common in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and is a predictor of severe outcomes. Data are scarce regarding whether this association is affected by diabetes mellitus (DM) and also regarding its importance for severe outcomes in hospital. We determined the impact of...

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Main Authors: Andreas Vestergaard Jensen, Gertrud Baunbæk Egelund, Stine Bang Andersen, Pelle Trier Petersen, Thomas Benfield, Daniel Faurholt-Jepsen, Gernot Rohde, Pernille Ravn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Respiratory Society 2017-06-01
Series:ERJ Open Research
Online Access:http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/3/2/00114-2016.full