Intensive care medicine
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Intensive care medicine · Jan 2016
Risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in patients with acute critical illness: a population-based cohort study.
This large population-based cohort study evaluated the association between certain critical illnesses and the incidence of newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in Taiwan. ⋯ Our results suggest that patients with certain critical illnesses are associated with a high risk of developing T2DM. Clinicians should be aware of this association and intensively screen for T2DM in patients following diagnosis of critical illness.