Hyperglycemia: an independent marker of in-hospital mortality in patients with undiagnosed diabetes.

By M. Cakir, H. Altunbas, U. Karayalcin. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2003

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Nutrition Recommendations and Interventions for Diabetes (2008, background): “Hyperglycemia in hospitalized patients is common and represents an important marker of poor clinical outcome and mortality in both patients with and without diabetes (112).”
Management of hyperglycemia in hospitalized patients in non-critical care setting: an endocrine society clinical practice guideline. (2012, background): “Observational studies report that hyperglycemia is present in 32 to 38% of patients in community hospitals (6, 24), 41% of critically ill patients with acute coronary syndromes (13), 44% of patients with heart failure (13), and 80% of patients after cardiac surgery (25, 26).”
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) for gastrointestinal surgery, part 2: consensus statement for anaesthesia practice (2015, background): “1 mmol/l on general surgical wards showed an 18-fold increased in-hospital mortality.(175) More recent observations suggest that the quality of preoperative glycaemic control also is important.”