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The impact of hyperglycemia on mortality in the emergency department: a comparison of diabetic and non-diabetic patients
Abstract
Aims: Hyperglycemia is a common cause of emergency department visits and can be life-threatening. Chronic hyperglycemia results in complications including neuropathy, cardiovascular diseases, and kidney failure that are commonly found among diabetic patients while acute stress hyperglycemia induced by trauma, infection, and cardiovascular events is more often seen in non-diabetic individuals. They need to be managed in unique ways. We attempt to quantify the mortality risks of hyperglycemia in diabetic and non-diabetic emergency department patients respectively, and then use these data as a basis for management strategies.
Methods: A retrospective analysis of 1,000 patients who were admitted to Esenyurt Necmi Kadıoğlu State Hospital between January 1, 2024, and June 30, 2024. Biochemical parameters and mortality were compared between diabetic and non-diabetic patients.
Results: Diabetic patients had high mortality. Elevated CRP and glucose levels increase mortality risk, stress hyperglycemia was found to predict short-term risk in non-diabetic patients. The findings suggest that emergency departments should integrate hyperglycemia-related mortality risk assessment into triage protocols and consider tailored treatment strategies for diabetic and non-diabetic patients.
Conclusion: This research highlights that diabetes significantly influences mortality among patients with hyperglycemia, necessitating tailored management strategies for diabetic and non-diabetic groups.

Keywords : Hyperglycemia, diabetes, mortality, emergency department, stress hyperglycemia

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Article available in :
Volume 8, Issue 1, 2025
Page : 119-125
https://doi.org/10.32322/jhsm.1602462
Article Information
Received : 16 Ara 2024
Accepted : 31 Ara 2024
Published : 12 Oca 2025
Corresponding Author :

erkan boğa: Department of Emergency Medicine, Esenyurt Necmi Kadıoğlu State Hospital, İstanbul, Turkiye

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Citation : Boğa E. The impact of hyperglycemia on mortality in the emergency department: a comparison of diabetic and non-diabetic patients. J Health Sci Med. 2025;8(1):119-125.

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