[A study of the influences of blood sugar levels on the prognosis of fulminating hepatitis patients].
OBJECTIVE
To explore the possible relationship between hypoglycemia and the prognosis of fulminating hepatitis patients.


METHODS
Fasting blood sugar levels of 322 fulminating hepatitis patients were retrospectively analyzed. The blood sugar levels and their clinical significance were appraised together.


RESULTS
In all the samples, 173 were hypoglycemic (53.73%). The mortality rate of the hypoglycemia group was 48.55% (84/173), therefore the blood sugar level was lower and the mortality rate was higher.


CONCLUSIONS
A higher proportion of fulminating hepatitis patients have hypoglycemia. There is a close relationship between hypoglycemia and the prognosis of the fulminating hepatitis patients. Blood sugar level has an important clinical value in reflecting the degree of liver failure in early fulminating hepatitis patients.
Chen
Ping
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The Infectious Diseases Hospital of Chengdu, Chengdu 610061, China. flm@vip.163.com
D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000097:blood* / Q000145:classification / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies
D001786:Blood Glucose