Table 5 Common intensive care unit related complications in these pediatric trauma patients with stress-induced hyperglycemia (SIH) and non-diabetic normoglycemia (NDN).

From: Impact of stress-induced hyperglycemia on the outcome of children with trauma: A cross-sectional analysis based on propensity score-matched population

Variables

SIH

(n = 36)

NDN (n = 1,022)

P

Pneumonia

2 (5.6)

4 (0.4)

<0.001

Urinary tract infection

1 (2.8)

9 (0.9)

0.248

Wound infection

0 (0.0)

5 (0.5)

0.674

Acute respiratory failure

0 (0.0)

3 (0.3)

0.745

Upper gastrointestinal bleeding

0 (0.0)

2 (0.2)

0.790

Fat embolism

0 (0.0)

2 (0.2)

0.790

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