Abstract
The authors assessed the relationship between glycemia and length of hospital stay (LOS) in a prospective cohort study of patients with diabetes mellitus and heart failure (HF). Of 212 patients with acute HF exacerbation, 119 (56%) also had diabetes. The mean age of the cohort was 63±0.87 years, and the mean body mass index was 29.3 kg/m2. Diabetic patients had significantly longer LOS compared with the nondiabetics (5.0±0.29 vs 3.4±0.19; P
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Gebreegziabher, Y., McCullough, P. A., Bubb, C., Loney-Hutchinson, L., Makaryus, J. N., Anand, N., … McFarlane, S. I. (2008). Admission hyperglycemia and length of hospital stay in patients with diabetes and heart failure: A prospective cohort study. Congestive Heart Failure, 14(3), 117–120. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-7133.2008.07569.x
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