Diabetes Mellitus After Intensive Care Admission
Diabetes Mellitus After Intensive Care Admission
Stress hyperglycaemia is commonly observed during hospitalization in the intensive care unit
 (ICU) and has been shown to adversely influence outcome. It has been hypothesized that, when
 it occurs in previously non-diabetic patients, it reflects a latent disturbance of the
 glucose metabolism. Assessing the incidence of this phenomenon and identifying its risk
 factors could support prevention, detection and early treatment of impending diabetes
 mellitus type 2. We will perform a glucose tolerance test approximately 6-9 months post-ICU
 admission to screen for disorders of glucose metabolism. Furthermore, we examined
 characteristics that could have predicted the post-discharge disturbances: patient
 characteristics, parameters of disease severity and of glucose metabolism, as well as the
 FINDRISC (Finnish Diabetes Risc Score). We plan to enroll 400 patients.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  ≥ 18 years old)

 -  admitted for 36 hours or longer to the ICU

 -  still alive 6 months after ICU discharge

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  known Diabetes Mellitus or any other glucose tolerance disturbance

 -  an estimated short life expectancy

 -  pregnancy

 -  a history of transplantation or acute pancreatic disease

 -  language barrier preventing a clear understanding of the informed consent