Inpatient management of diabetes and hyperglycaemia : an audit of Spanish hospitals

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OBJECTIVES: Evaluation of quality of care for patients with diabetes mellitus admitted to hospitals in Spain.

METHODS: Cross-sectional study in one day that included 1193 (26.7%) patients with type 2 diabetes or hyperglycaemia out of a total of 4468 patients admitted to the internal medicine departments of 53 hospitals in Spain. We collected demographic data, adequacy of capillary glycaemic monitoring, treatment administered during admission, and recommended therapy at discharge.

RESULTS: The median age of the patients was 80 years [74-87], of which 561 (47%) were women, with a Charlson index of 4 points [2-6], and 742 (65%) were fragile. Median blood glucose on admission was 155 mg/dl [119-213]. On the third day, the number of capillary blood glucose levels in target (80-180 mg/dl) at pre-breakfast was 792/1126 (70.3%), pre-lunch 601/1083 (55.4%), pre-dinner 591/1073 (55.0%), and at night 317/529 (59.9%). A total of 35 patients (0.9%) were suffering from hypoglycemia. Treatment during hospitalization was performed with sliding scale insulin in 352 (40.5%) patients, with basal insulin and rapid insulin analogues in 434 (50%), or with diet exclusively in 101 (9.1%). A total of 735 (61.6%) patients had a recent HbA1c value. At discharge, the use of SGLT2i increased significantly (30.1% vs. 21.6%; p < 0.001), as did the use of basal insulin (25.3% vs. 10.1%; p < 0.001).

CONCLUSIONS: There is an excessive use of sliding scale insulin as well as insufficient information on HbA1c values and prescription upon discharge of treatments with cardiovascular benefit.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:223

Enthalten in:

Revista clinica espanola - 223(2023), 7 vom: 01. Aug., Seite 387-395

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ena, J [VerfasserIn]
Carretero-Gómez, J [VerfasserIn]
Manuel-Casas, J [VerfasserIn]
Casado, P [VerfasserIn]
Vázquez-Rodríguez, P [VerfasserIn]
Martínez-García, F [VerfasserIn]
González-González, P [VerfasserIn]
de Escalante-Yagüela, B [VerfasserIn]
Gandullo-Moro, M [VerfasserIn]
Carrasco-Sánchez, F-J [VerfasserIn]
Diabetes, Obesity and Nutrition Study Group of the Spanish Society of Internal Medicine (SEMI) [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Blood Glucose
Clinical practice guidelines
Diabetes mellitus
Estudio de prevalencia
Glycated Hemoglobin
Guías de práctica clínica
Hipoglucemiantes
Hospitalización
Hospitalization
Hypoglycaemic agents
Hypoglycemic Agents
Insulin
Insulin, Regular, Human
Insulina
Journal Article
Point-prevalence

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Date Completed 17.07.2023

Date Revised 16.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.rceng.2023.04.011

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NLM35797414X