BACKGROUND: To delineate the prognostic factors of @entity1 suffering from @entity1602 ( @entity1602 ) in Taiwan. METHODS: We reviewed the charts of @entity1 who had been admitted to the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism of Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital from 1992 to 1998 due to @entity1602 . General and clinical data were collected. The influential factors for prognosis were determined. RESULTS: One hundred and nineteen @entity1 fulfilling the criteria of @entity1602 were included in our study. The mean age was 67.8 +/- 11.7 years with male predominance. Twenty-nine @entity1 died which produced a fatality rate of 24.4%. Eighty-six (72.3%) cases occurred in @entity1 with known @entity6 history, while another thirty-three (27.7%) occurred in @entity1 with no @entity6 history. Most @entity1 received oral antidiabetic drugs before @entity1602 episodes. The @entity1 who died had shorter length of inpatient stay than did survivors. The leading precipitating factor was infection (57.1%), followed by poor compliance of medication (21.0%) and undiagnosed @entity6 (10.9%). Fifty @entity1 (42%) had a history of @entity64 . The risk factors for @entity204 included precipitation of @entity1602 by infection and low Glasgow @entity772 scale (GCS) on admission. Old age itself did not contribute to @entity204 . Severity of @entity4854 or @entity1602 was also not an important prognostic factor. Multiple logistic regression revealed that low GCS on admission was the most influential factor of leading to @entity204 . Most of the @entity1 who died did so due to underlying precipitating factors. CONCLUSIONS: Neither age nor osmolarity, but underlying precipitating factors and state of consciousness were the most influential factors affecting the prognosis of @entity1602 .

Prognostic factors of XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity64 :: ('MESH:D020521', 'Disease') :: ['stroke'] @entity6 :: ('MESH:D003920', 'Disease') :: ['diabetic', 'diabetes'] @entity772 :: ('MESH:D003128', 'Disease') :: ['coma'] @entity204 :: ('MESH:D003643', 'Disease') :: ['death'] @entity1602 :: ('MESH:D006944', 'Disease') :: ['hyperglycemic hyperosmolar nonketotic state', 'HHNK', 'hyperosmolarity'] @entity4854 :: ('MESH:D006943', 'Disease') :: ['hyperglycemia']
@entity1602 :: (MESH:D006944,Disease) :: ['hyperglycemic hyperosmolar nonketotic state']
