Clinical Study
Abnormal Blood Glucose as a Prognostic Factor for Adverse Clinical Outcome in Children Admitted to the Paediatric Emergency Unit at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana
Table 4
Complications among the participants.
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DIC: disseminated intravascular coagulation; ARF: acute respiratory failure; IVH: intraventricular hemorrhage. “Other complications” include cortical blindness, hemiparesis, haemoglobinuria, heart failure, hypoglycaemia, intestinal perforation, and repeated convulsions. # < 0.05 compared to corresponding group with euglycemia. Data are given as (%). % reflects the percentage of complications in all subjects ( = 430), in subjects with euglycemia ( = 215) and in subjects with dysglycemia (all ( = 215), hypoglycemia ( = 28), or hyperglycemia ( = 187)). There were 128 complications in 116 subjects. |