Stress Hyperglycemia. Potential Role of Incretin Analogs

Hospital Universitari Son Dureta

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hyperglycemia; Critical Illness

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01087372

Incretins2010

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a prospective observational study to examine the levels of glucoregulatory hormones, with special focus on incretins levels, in critically ill patients with stress hyperglycemia.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age > 18 years
• Emergent ICU admission
• Written informed consent from patient or relative.

Exclusion criteria

• Previously known type I or type II diabetes.
• Patients who received insulin or oral antidiabetic agents before ICU admission.
• Malignancies.
• Scheduled surgery
• Patients receiving enteral or parenteral nutrition.
• Inability to obtain informed consent.