Predictive value of admission glycemia in diabetics with pulmonary embolism compared to non-diabetic patients

Aims To examine the relationship between admission glucose (AG) level and short-term in-hospital mortality and to investigate the association between hyperglycemia and major bleeding in PE patients with and without DMT2. Methods We evaluated 1165 patients with diagnosed acute PE with multi-detector computed tomography pulmonary angiography (MDCT-PA) enrolled in the Regional multicenter PE registry (REPER). The study population was classified to patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 (DMT2) and those without diabetes. According to quartiles of AG patients, both groups separately were categorized into four subgroups (DMT2 I: 15.7 mmol/L and (non-DMT2 I: 7.9 mmol/L). Results All-cause mortality was higher in the DMT2 group (9.5% vs. 18.2%, p