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Table 3 Primary outcome details

From: Intraoperative hyperglycemia is independently associated with infectious complications after non-cardiac surgery

Infection type

Normoglycemia

(Glucose < 8.3 mmol/L)

(N = 1619)

N (%)

Mild hyperglycemia

(Glucose 8.3–11.0 mmol/L)

(N = 1042)

N (%)

Moderate hyperglycemia

(Glucose 11.1–16.6 mmol/L)

(N = 442)

N (%)

Severe hyperglycemia

(Glucose ≥16.7 mmol/L)

(N = 47)

N (%)

Superficial SSIa

63 (3.9)

85 (8.2)

29 (6.6)

6 (13)

Deep Incisional SSIa

14 (0.9)

15 (1.4)

3 (0.7)

0 (0)

Organ space SSIa

30 (1.9)

32 (3.1)

20 (4.5)

0 (0)

Wound disruption

10 (0.6)

9 (0.9)

6 (1.4)

2 (4.3)

Pneumonia

36 (2.2)

29 (2.8)

17 (3.8)

0 (0)

Urinary Tract Infection

69 (4.3)

48 (4.6)

23 (5.2)

3 (6.4)

Sepsis

45 (2.8)

45 (4.3)

21 (4.8)

0 (0)

  1. aSSI = Surgical Site Infection
  2. Note: Some patients experienced more than one infection