The effect of hypoglycaemia during hospital admission on health‐related outcomes for people with diabetes

Source: Diabetic Medicine Follow this link to read an abstract Date of publication: Nov 19 Publication type: Journal article In a nutshell:There is an association between inpatient hypoglycaemia and longer length of stay and greater in‐hospital mortality.

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Insulin Therapy Increases Cardiovascular Risk

Time for a Sea of Change in Type 2 Diabetes Treatment

Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

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Date of publication: September 2017

Publication type: Journal article

In a nutshell: Insulin therapy increased cardiovascular (CV) risk and mortality among type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients in several recently reported clinical outcomes trials.

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Hypoglycaemia in the over 75s

Understanding the predisposing factors in type 2 diabetes (T2DM)

Source: Primary Care Diabetes

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Date of publication: September 2017

Publication type: Journal article

In a nutshell: Our findings suggest that it is variance in blood glucose rather than overall lower blood glucose levels that predisposes older people to hypoglycaemia.

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Glycaemic control and hypoglycaemia burden in patients with type 2 diabetes initiating basal insulin in Europe and the USA

Source: Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism

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Date of publication: Mar 17

Publication type: Journal article

In a nutshell: Initiating BI with or without OADs is associated with short- and long-term suboptimal glycaemic control: the majority of patients fail to achieve HbA1c target ≤7% in the first 3 months, or after 2 years’ BI treatment

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Self-Treated Hypoglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Source: Diabetes Therapy;
first online: 21 March 2016

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Publication type: Journal article

In a nutshell: During consultations with health professionals,
all patients should be proactively approached on the topic of hypoglycaemia to help mitigate the risk of such events occurring.

Some important notes: This article is open-access.