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SynthesisJournal of diabetes science and technology2012

Risk factors for inpatient hypoglycemia during subcutaneous insulin therapy in non-critically ill patients with type 2 diabetes.

Farnoosh Farrokhi, Olena Klindukhova, Prakash Chandra, Limin Peng, Dawn Smiley, Christopher Newton, Francisco Pasquel, Maria E Fereira, Guillermo Umpierrez

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Synthesis in Journal of diabetes science and technology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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36citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 73 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. American Association of Clinical Endocrinology Clinical Practice Guideline: Developing a Diabetes Mellitus Comprehensive Care Plan-2022 Update.Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists · 2022
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  7. Long-lasting hypoglycemia through insulin degludec during acute kidney injury after diabetic ketoacidosis: A case report.Clinical pediatric endocrinology : case reports and clinical investigations : official journal of the Japanese Society for Pediatric Endocrinology · 2026
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  12. Hypoglycemia symptoms are reduced in hospitalized patients with diabetes.Journal of diabetes and its complications · 2021
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  15. Challenges and Strategies for Inpatient Diabetes Management in Older Adults.Diabetes spectrum : a publication of the American Diabetes Association · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Farnoosh FarrokhiDepartment of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Olena Klindukhova
Prakash Chandra
Limin Peng
Dawn Smiley
Christopher Newton
Francisco Pasquel
Maria E Fereira
Guillermo Umpierrez
Emory University · US

Funding

CTSA INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCHUL1RR025008 · NCRR · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI STEPHENS, DAVID S · 2007 to 2011
$29.0M
Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute (ACTSI) RenewalUL1TR000454 · NCATS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI STEPHENS, DAVID S · 2012 to 2016
$25.8M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000454NCRR NIH HHS UL1 RR025008NIDDK NIH HHS K08 DK0830361
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveWe aimed to determine risk factors associated with hypoglycemia during subcutaneous insulin therapy in non-critically ill patients with type 2 diabetes.

methodsWe conducted an analysis of three randomized control trials using basal/bolus regimen and regular sliding scale insulin (SSI) in patients with diabetes admitted to medical and surgical settings.

resultsWe analyzed medical records of 261 general medicine and 211 noncardiac surgery patients treated with basal/bolus regimen with glargine/glulisine (n = 169), detemir/aspart (n = 67), neutral protamine Hagedorn/regular (n = 63), or with SSI (n = 173). The overall frequency of mild and severe hypoglycemia (<70 and <40 mg/dl) was 19% and 2%, respectively. During treatment, medical patients experienced a higher number of hypoglycemia than surgical patients (23% versus 13%; p = .005), but the rate of severe hypoglycemia was similar between groups (1.9% versus 1.9%; p = not significant). Increasing age, impaired kidney function (glomerular filtration rate < 60 ml/min), total daily insulin dose, and type of insulin regimen (basal/bolus versus SSI) during hospitalization were important contributors for hypoglycemia in both medical and surgical patients. Among these variables, increasing age and type of insulin regimen (basal/bolus versus SSI) were found to be independent predictors of hypoglycemic events.

conclusionsMild hypoglycemic events are common during subcutaneous insulin therapy in medical and surgical patients with type 2 diabetes. Increasing age, impaired renal function, daily insulin dose, and insulin regimen (basal/bolus versus SSI) are important predictors of hypoglycemia during insulin therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Indexed as

InpatientsAgedCritical IllnessDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2FemaleHumansHypoglycemiaHypoglycemic AgentsInfusions, SubcutaneousInsulinInsulin GlargineInsulin, Long-ActingMaleMiddle AgedRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicRisk FactorsHypoglycemic AgentsInsulinInsulin Glargineinsulin glulisineInsulin, Long-Acting

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PMID23063027
PMCPMC3570835
OpenAlexW2089652721

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