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Table 3 In-hospital outcomes of STEMI patients with and without DKA/HHS

From: Impact of acute diabetes decompensation on outcomes of diabetic patients admitted with ST-elevation myocardial infarction

Clinical outcome

Unmatched cohorts

Matched cohorts

Compensated diabetes

N = 72,591 NE = 356,810 (%)

Decompensated diabetes

N = 1113 NE = 5553 (%)

P

value

Compensated diabetes

N = 1103 NE = 5410 (%)

Decompensated diabetes

N = 1103 NE = 5410 (%)

P value

Death

11.9

26.4

< 0.001

19.4

25.6

0.001

Blood transfusion

8.2

11.3

< 0.001

11.7

11.1

0.689

Acute kidney injury

13.3

40.0

< 0.001

18.9

39.4

< 0.001

New dialysis

0.4

0.5

0.521

0.5

0.5

0.99

Stroke

1.6

3.7

< 0.001

2.4

3.8

0.087

UTI

7.4

13.1

< 0.001

8.3

13.1

0.001

Sepsis

1.9

7.5

< 0.001

4.9

7.3

0.022

Acquired pneumonia

6.6

12.0

< 0.001

7.5

12.1

< 0.001

Mechanical ventilation

2.9

8.6

< 0.001

7.1

8.0

0.456

Tracheostomy

0.6

1.5

<0.001

2.6

1.0

0.006

Discharged home

60.3

43.3

< 0.001

51.0

44.1

0.01 

Discharged to IC

26.9

29.1

28.3

29.2

LOS (mean ± SD)

5 ± 6

7 ± 8

< 0.001

6 ± 7

7 ± 7

0.02

Total charges ($)

64,396 ± 81,185

87,382 ± 132,119

< 0.001

76,983 ± 109,872

84,527 ± 125,828

0.133

  1. UTI urinary tract infection, IC intermediate care facility, SD standard deviation, LOS length of stay