Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with end-stage renal disease hospitalized with diabetes ketoacidosis

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INTRODUCTION: There is limited evidence to guide management in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) on chronic hemodialysis admitted with diabetes ketoacidosis. Thus, we investigated the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with ESRD admitted with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA).

METHODS: In this observational study, we used International Classification of Diseases Ninth/Tenth Revision codes to identify adult (aged 18-80 years) patients admitted to Emory University Hospitals between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2016. DKA and ESRD diagnoses were confirmed by reviewing medical records and by admission laboratory results.

RESULTS: Among 307 patients with DKA meeting the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 22.1% (n: 68) had ESRD on hemodialysis and 77.9% (n: 239) had preserved renal function (estimated glomerular filtration rate >60 mL/min/1.73 m2). Compared with patients with preserved renal function, the admission blood glucose was higher (804.5±362.6 mg/dL vs 472.5±137.7 mg/dL) and the mean hemoglobin A1c was lower (9.6%±2.1 vs 12.0%±2.5) in patients with DKA and ESRD, both p<0.001. The rates of hypoglycemia <70 mg/dL (34% vs 14%, p=0.002) and <54 mg/dL (13% vs 5%, p=0.04) were higher in the ESRD group. During hospitalization, more patients with ESRD develop volume overload (28% vs 3%, p<0.001) and require mechanical ventilation (24% vs 3%, p=<0.001). There were no differences in hospital mortality (3% vs 0%, p=0.21), but length of stay (median 7.0 vs 3.0 days, p<0.001) was longer in the ESRD cohort. After adjusting for multiple covariates, patients with DKA and ESRD have higher odds of hypoglycemia (OR 3.3, 95% CI 1.51 to 7.21, p=0.003) and volume overload (OR 4.22, 95% CI 1.37 to 13.05, p=0.01) compared with patients with DKA with preserved renal function.

CONCLUSIONS: Patients with DKA and ESRD on chronic hemodialysis had worse clinical outcomes including higher rates of hypoglycemia, volume overload, need for mechanical ventilation and longer length of stay, compared with patients with preserved kidney function.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8

Enthalten in:

BMJ open diabetes research & care - 8(2020), 1 vom: 28. Feb.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Galindo, Rodolfo J [VerfasserIn]
Pasquel, Francisco J [VerfasserIn]
Fayfman, Maya [VerfasserIn]
Tsegka, Katerina [VerfasserIn]
Dhruv, Neil [VerfasserIn]
Cardona, Saumeth [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Heqiong [VerfasserIn]
Vellanki, Priyathama [VerfasserIn]
Umpierrez, Guillermo E [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Blood Glucose
Dialysis
ESRD
Glycated Hemoglobin A
Hemoglobin A1c protein, human
Hypoglycemia
Journal Article
Ketoacidosis
Observational Study
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 07.01.2021

Date Revised 07.12.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/bmjdrc-2019-000763

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM307039293