Long-term mortality after community-acquired pneumonia--impacts of diabetes and newly discovered hyperglycaemia: a prospective, observational cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Community-acquired pneumonia is associated with a significant long-term mortality after initial recovery. It has been acknowledged that additional research is urgently needed to examine the contributors to this long-term mortality. The objective of the present study was to assess whether diabetes or newly discovered hyperglycaemia during pneumonia affects long-term mortality.

Design

A prospective, observational cohort study.

Setting

A single secondary centre in eastern Finland.

Participants

153 consecutive hospitalised patients who survived at least 30 days after mild-to-moderate community-acquired pneumonia.

Interventions

Plasma glucose levels were recorded seven times during the first day on the ward. Several possible confounders were also r

SUBMITTER: Koskela HO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4156798 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature