Diabetes
Clinical
Perioperative diabetes and HbA1c in mortality
Do preoperative hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) and perioperative glucose predict outcomes in patients undergoing noncardiac and...
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Review protocols, follow reprocessing guidelines to cut device-related HAIs
Environmental pathogens associated with medical devices or device reprocessing are often the cause of HAI-related investigations.
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Plan now for outpatient diabetes tech in the hospital
ORLANDO – Getting ahead of the diabetes tech curve.
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Hospitalists target inpatient glycemic control
Hyperglycemia in hospitalized patients is an extraordinarily common and growing problem.
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Intranasal naloxone promising for type 1 hypoglycemia
ORLANDO – This development could help prevent autonomic failure in T1DM patients.
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Closed-loop insulin control for T2DM is feasible in hospital setting
ORLANDO – Noncritical patients tolerated automated devices and had fewer clinically significant hypoglycemic events.
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Fluoroquinolones can cause fatal hypoglycemia, FDA warns
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High risk of low glucose? Hospital alerts promise a crucial heads-up
Incidents of severe hypoglycemia dropped by 41% after system was put into place to warn doctors.
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Lower glucose target linked to improved mortality in critically ill
The findings of a new study of critically ill patients challenge current guidelines on the use of intensive insulin therapy.
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Major message: Most heart failure is preventable
SNOWMASS, COLO. – Targeting heart failure’s chief risk factors pays off.