Hyperglycemia and Length of Stay in Patients Hospitalized for Bone Marrow Transplantation

Abstract

yperglycemia has been shown to be associated with increased mortality and morbidity and prolonged hospital stay in inpatients (1-4). This association has been established for several conditions including cardiac surgery, acute myocardial infarction, stroke, trauma, burns, pneumonia, and critical illness (5-10). Good glycemic control has been shown to decrease length of stay (LOS) and save hospitalization costs In randomized controlled trials of critically ill patients, the beneficial effects of good glycemic control were most prominent in those with longer hospitalizations and no previous history of diabetes (13).