ArticleEuropean journal of rheumatology2018
The impact of intra-articular injection of diprospan at the knee joint on blood glucose levels in diabetic patients.
Article in European journal of rheumatology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- [Analgesic effect of a new "cocktail" of local infiltration analgesia after total hip arthroplasty-A prospective randomized controlled study].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2022Trial
- A new cocktail formula with diprospan of local infiltration analgesia in primary total hip arthroplasty: A prospective, randomized, controlled, observer-blinded study.Orthopaedic surgery · 2022Trial
- RecUrrent Intra-articular Corticosteroid injections in Osteoarthritis: the RUbICOn mixed-methods study.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2025Article
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- Impact of Intra-Articular Corticosteroid Injection on Glycemic Control: A Population-Based Cohort Study.Clinical diabetes : a publication of the American Diabetes Association · 2024Article
- Knee osteoarthritis: disease burden, available treatments, and emerging options.Therapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease · 2024Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the effect of intra-articular (IA) corticosteroid injection (IACI) of betamethasone dipropionate/betamethasone sodium phosphate (Diprospan) on blood glucose levels in diabetic patients
methodsPatients with type 2 diabetes and symptomatic osteoarthritis of the knee (OAK) in whom medical therapy failed were administered 1 mL Diprospan IACI (5 mg of betamethasone dipropionate +2 mg of betamethasone sodium phosphate). Patients were asked to monitor blood glucose levels before and 2 h after meals for 1 week before and 12 days after the injection was administered. A control group was administered an IA injection of hyaluronic acid.
resultsTwelve patients from the Diprospan group and six from the control group were recruited for the study. Patients in the Diprospan group had significantly increased blood glucose levels with median initial and peak levels of 187.5 mg% and 310 mg%, respectively, at a median of 4 and 11.5 h following IACI, respectively. The last peak level was seen after a median of 45 h following IACI. There was no significant increase in blood glucose levels in the control group.
conclusionDiprospan IACI is associated with significantly increased blood glucose levels in all diabetic patients with OAK.
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