Association of Preadmission Metformin Exposure and Outcomes in Acute Kidney Injury Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in Intensive Care Unit: a Cohort Study
Abstract:Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) occurred in more than half of ICU patients. The effective prevention and therapies strategy of AKI remains limited. This study is to assess AKI mortality among diabetes patients with or without preadmission prescriptions for metformin. Methods: We included AKI patients with type 2 diabetes in Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care (MIMIC)-III database. 30-day mortality, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, and length of stay (LOS) in the hospital were compared between thos… Show more
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