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Type 2 diabetes is a major contributor to mortality in patients with bipolar disorder who are admitted to general hospitals, a study shows.
Dieter Schoepf and Reinhard Heun (University of Bonn, Germany) assessed outcomes of 621 bipolar disorder patients hospitalised for nonpsychiatric reasons over a 12.5-year period, including 60 who died in hospital, and 6210 control patients matched for age and gender.
In keeping with their expectations, the researchers found that the bipolar disorder patients were often admitted in a more serious condition than controls, remained in hospital longer and were more likely to die in hospital, at an unadjusted rate of 9.7% compared with 8.4% in controls.
http://www.medwirenews.com/47/10586...pital_mortality_risk_in_bipolar_patients.html
Dieter Schoepf and Reinhard Heun (University of Bonn, Germany) assessed outcomes of 621 bipolar disorder patients hospitalised for nonpsychiatric reasons over a 12.5-year period, including 60 who died in hospital, and 6210 control patients matched for age and gender.
In keeping with their expectations, the researchers found that the bipolar disorder patients were often admitted in a more serious condition than controls, remained in hospital longer and were more likely to die in hospital, at an unadjusted rate of 9.7% compared with 8.4% in controls.
http://www.medwirenews.com/47/10586...pital_mortality_risk_in_bipolar_patients.html