The prognostic significance of stress hyperglycemic ratio in critically Ill patients with hypertension: A study using the MIMIC-IV database
Zirong Li, Yufei Wu, Qian Jin, Taiwei Lou, Yi Kang, Xianbei Wang, Ning Sun, Tian Ni, Zhengchuan Zhu, Miaoran Wang, Qiuyan Li · 2026
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Li and colleagues published a 2026 study on a blood sugar ratio that may flag ICU risk. Stress can spike blood sugar in very sick patients, whatever their history. The stress hyperglycemia ratio compares that spike with a patient's usual level. The team drew 2,140 cases of high blood pressure from an ICU database.
Patients with higher ratios died more often at every follow-up point checked. The link held at 30 days and out to a full year. The risk curve bent into an upside-down U shape in their analysis. Very low and very high ratios both carried added danger for patients. The authors propose the ratio as a cheap extra triage signal. Subgroup checks by sex, age, and diabetes status rounded out the analysis.
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| CREATOR | Zirong Li, Yufei Wu, Qian Jin, Taiwei Lou, Yi Kang, Xianbei Wang, Ning Sun, Tian Ni, Zhengchuan Zhu, Miaoran Wang, Qiuyan Li |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 44 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |