fa مدیریت بیمارستان Hospital Management پژوهشي Original Article <div style="text-align:justify"><strong>Background and Purpose</strong>: Given the increasing prevalence of diabetes and its associated healthcare costs, this study aimed to identify the factors contributing to the increase in blood glucose followed by inadequate control in diabetic patients registered in the Imam Hospital in Sari.<br> <strong>Materials and Method</strong>s: This cross-sectional descriptive study was performed on diabetic patients admitted to the emergency department suffering from increase in blood glucose (more than 200 mg/dL). Demographic, clinical, and social information were entered into the checklist, and the factors associated with the rise in blood glucose was investigated.<br> <strong>Results</strong>: In this study, 301 diabetic patients with increase in blood glucose levels were included. Mean age was 65&plusmn;10.6 years, 50.8% (153) were between 70-61 years, and lethargy with 37.9% (114 patients) had the highest cause of complaints in patients, meanwhile, 38.9% (117) of the patients had 4 visits a year by specialist. In addition, 53.8% (162) had &quot;while at work&quot; physical activity status and only 6.6% (20) of the patients had sportive-recreational activity. 42.2% (127) of the studied cases were also not in any type of abuse situation (clean), and 32.9% (99) of them experienced drug abuse. Among the referring patients, 51.5% were suffering hyperglycemia with infection, and 22.6% were documented to be with reduced or discontinued medication.<br> <strong>Discussion</strong>: Based on the results, a general description of associated factors with hyperglycemia patients can be used for the prevention and treatment of these patients and the prevention of future complications.</div> Hyperglycemia, Diabetic patients, Emergency Department 10 19 http://jhs.mazums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-727-2&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Hamed Aminiahidashti ahmdiiism@gmail.com 10031947532846007536 10031947532846007536 No Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran Touraj Assadi 10031947532846007537 10031947532846007537 No Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran Seyed Hossein Montazer 10031947532846007538 10031947532846007538 No Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran Adele Bahar 10031947532846007539 10031947532846007539 No Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran Mahdis Nozari 10031947532846007540 10031947532846007540 No Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran Seyed Mohammad Hosseininejad 10031947532846007541 10031947532846007541 Yes Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran