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Title: Glycated Hemoglobin A1c Levels Are Not Affected by Critical Illness.
Austin Authors: Luethi, Nora;Cioccari, Luca;Tanaka, Aiko;Kar, Palash;Giersch, Emma;Deane, Adam M;Mårtensson, Johan;Bellomo, Rinaldo 
Affiliation: Section of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Discipline of Acute Care Medicine, Department of Intensive Care, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Department of Intensive Care, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
The University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
Issue Date: Sep-2016
Publication information: Critical Care Medicine 2016; 44(9): 1692-4
Abstract: Glycated hemoglobin A1c is used to estimate glycemic control. However, its value upon ICU admission may be altered by critical illness and not reflect true glycemic status. We assessed the relationship between ICU admission glycated hemoglobin A1c and premorbid glycated hemoglobin A1c levels. Retrospective observational cohort study. Two tertiary ICUs in Australia. Cohort of 69 critically ill patients with diabetes and glycated hemoglobin A1c levels measured upon ICU admission and during the month prior to admission. Measurement of glycated hemoglobin A1c. Mean (SD) glycated hemoglobin A1c level was 7.5% (1.8%) upon ICU admission and 7.8% (2.0%) in previous measurements from the preceding 30 days. The change in glycated hemoglobin A1c did not correlate with time elapsed between the two measurements (r = 0.00005; p = 0.95), but there was a strong correlation between admission glycated hemoglobin A1c levels and premorbid glycated hemoglobin A1c levels (r = 0.89; p < 0.001). Glycated hemoglobin A1c levels are not altered by the onset of critical illness. Glycated hemoglobin A1c quantified at ICU admission can, therefore, be used to reliably estimate chronic glycemic control and guide acute glycemic therapy.
URI: https://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/19218
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000001656
ORCID: 0000-0001-8739-7896
0000-0002-1650-8939
Journal: Critical Care Medicine
PubMed URL: 26977855
Type: Journal Article
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