Patients newly diagnosed with diabetes during hospitalization have a higher mortality rate.

Yongin Severance Hospital research team, results of a study of 33,166 people aged 20 and above
Length of hospital stay increasing… Monitoring of diabetes status in patients necessary,

Yongin Severance Hospital research team,
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, ‘[Yongin=Newsis] By reporter Lee Jun-gu = The endocrinology research team at Yonsei University College of Medicine Yongin Severance Hospital (Professors Jang Seul-a, Kim Kyung-min, Kim Cheol-sik, and Park Seok-won) recently revealed that the mortality rate and length of hospital stay increase when new diabetes is diagnosed during hospitalization.’,
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, ‘Diabetes is a disease that affects over 500 million people worldwide, and in Korea, it is reported that one in six adults aged 30 and older has diabetes. Diabetes is a risk factor for increasing the incidence of infectious diseases and delaying response to treatment.’,
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, ‘The research team conducted a study on 33,166 patients aged 20 and above who were hospitalized at Yongin Severance Hospital from March 2020 to February 2022. The entire hospitalized patients were divided into three groups: patients without diabetes (non-diabetes group), patients previously diagnosed with diabetes (existing diabetes group), and patients newly diagnosed with diabetes during hospitalization (newly diagnosed diabetes group), and compared the mortality rates and length of hospital stay in each group. The mortality rate included deaths that occurred during hospitalization.’,
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, ‘The research results showed that the overall mortality rate of hospitalized patients was 2.2%. The mortality rate in the newly diagnosed diabetes group was 8.1%, higher than the existing diabetes group (2.9%) and the non-diabetes group (1.4%). The relative hazard ratios compared to the non-diabetes group were 1.89 in the newly diagnosed diabetes group and 1.41 in the existing diabetes group. Even after adjusting for various clinical variables such as gender, age, and blood test indicators, the results did not differ significantly.’,
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, ‘The median length of hospital stay for each group when listed in order was 9 days in the newly diagnosed diabetes group, significantly longer than the non-diabetes group (4 days) and the existing diabetes group (5 days). This trend remained the same even after distinguishing between medical and surgical treatments during hospitalization.’,
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, ‘This study confirmed that hospitalized patients newly diagnosed with diabetes have a higher mortality rate and prolonged hospital stay regardless of the reason for hospitalization. This indicates the need for evaluating the diabetes status of hospitalized patients and monitoring blood glucose levels.’,
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, ‘Professor Jang Seul-a stated, “Through this study, we could see that more attention and caution are needed regarding diabetes during hospitalization to improve the treatment progress of patients,” and added, “Based on the research results, we will explore various ways to effectively control blood glucose levels in addition to evaluating and diagnosing diabetes in hospitalized patients in the future.”‘,
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, ‘The results of this study were recently published in the international academic journal ‘Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice (IF 6.1)’.’,

[Yongin=Newsis]Figure showing that the occurrence of new diabetes during hospitalization affects the increase in mortality rate and length of hospital stay (provided by Yongin Severance Hospital),
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