The effect of blood gas analysis and Charlson comorbidity index evaluation on the prediction of hospitalization period in patients with diabetic hyperglycemic crisis

Abstract

Objective: This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of blood gas analysis at the time of admission and additional Charlson comorbidity index (CCI) in predicting the hospitalization period of patients admitted to the emergency department (ED) with a hyperglycemic crisis.
 Materials and Method: This study was designed as retrospective, cross-sectional and observational. The patients who admitted to the ED with hyperglycemic crisis (diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperosmolar hyperglycemic syndrome) and hospitalized were included in the study within 2 years between January 1, 2019, and January 1, 2021, in a level 3 education research hospital. The electronic patient database of the hospital was scanned for the determined period of the study with ICD codes [E10.1, E11.1, or E13.1 (diabetic ketoacidosis) or E11.0, E13.0, or E10.65 and E10.69 (hyperosmolar hyperglycemic syndrome)]. Patients under the age of 18 and patients whose disease histories could not be reached by blood tests were excluded from the study. Statistical significance was accepted as p