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glucose in parenteral nutrition
patients?

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PN and Hyperglycemia: Adverse Outcomes

• There is a relation between elevated glucose and poor outcomes (MI,
stroke, critical illness) in PN patients

• Hyperglycemia is a stronger predictor of poor outcomes in PN patients
than a history of diabetes

o Majority of PN patients becoming hyperglycemic are not diabetic1.2

1Cheung NW et al Diabetes Care 2005; 28: 2367-2371
2Pleva et al

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