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[Effects of different administration methods of hydrocortisone on blood glucose in patients with septic shock: a
Lei Zhu1, Xiuxia Li, Yishan Liu
1Department of Critical Care Unit, the First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China (Zhu L, Dou ZM, Chen QM, Liu J); Department of Endocrinology, the First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China (Jing GJ); Evidence Based Medicine Center of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China (Zhu L, Li XX, Yang KH, Chen YJ); Key Laboratory of Evidence Based Medicine and Clinical Transformation of Gansu Province, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China (Li XX); Public Health of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China (Li XX); Sun Yat-sen University Zhongshan School of Medicine, Guangzhou 510000, Guangdong, China (Liu YS). Corresponding author: Liu Jian,
Objective:
To systematically evaluate the effect of different administration methods of hydrocortisone on blood glucose in patients with septic shock.
Methods:
The Cochrane Library, PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, CNKI, CBM, Wanfang, and VIP databases were searched from foundation to December 31st, 2017 for the randomized controlled trials (RCTs) about hydrocortisone on blood glucose of different drug-deliver ways in patients with septic shock. In addition, the citation retrievals were performed by the literature references. Then the quality evaluation and data extraction was conducted by two researchers independently according to the Cochrane systematic review methods. RevMan 5.3 software was utilized to perform meta-analysis on the influences of the two different administration methods of the continuously pumping hydrocortisone group (experimental group) vs. the intermittently dripping hydrocortisone group (control group) on the mean blood glucose (MBG), largest amplitude of glycemic excursion (LAGE), glucose variability (GV), hyperglycemia time window in patients with septic shock.
Results:
1 203 relevant articles were preliminarily searched. Then the duplications were removed, reviews, and non-RCTs and articles evidently not accordant with the inclusion criteria were excluded by titles and abstracts. Eventually a total of 5 well-designed RCTs (404 cases) were incorporated, including 201 cases in the experimental group and 203 cases in the control group. The results of meta-analysis showed that compared with the control group, MBG was significantly decreased in the experimental group [mean difference (MD) = -0.99, 95% confidence interval (95%CI) = -1.53 to -0.45, P < 0.05], LAGE was decreased (MD = -5.66, 95%CI = -6.92 to -4.41, P < 0.05), GV was reduced (MD = -0.67, 95%CI = -0.82 to -0.53, P < 0.05), and hyperglycemia time window was shortened (MD = -7.68, 95%CI = -9.03 to -6.33, P < 0.05). The funnel chart revealed that there was publication bias in the MBG, hyperglycemia time window of the articles, and the publication bias was lower in the LAGE and GV.
Conclusions:
Compared with intermittent administration method, the continuous pumping hydrocortisone method can stabilize the blood glucose of septic shock patients, shorten the duration of hyperglycemia and reduce the peak value of blood glucose.
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