Relative Hyperglycemia Is an Independent Determinant of In-Hospital Mortality in Patients With Critical Illness

To determine whether relative hyperglycemia was associated with in-hospital mortality in critically ill patients independent of other prognostic variables and whether this association is affected by background glycemia.Prospective observational study.Mixed medical-surgical ICU in a metropolitan teaching hospital.From 2,617 admissions to ICU between January 27, 2016, and March 30, 2017, 1,262 consecutive patients who met inclusion and exclusion...