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Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Severe hypoglycemia related to overly "tight" insulin control for type 2 diabetes prompts nearly 100,000 emergency department visits and 30,000 hospitalizations each year and is particularly common among older patients, according to a report published online March 10 in JAMA Internal Medicine.
In an analysis of data from a nationally representative sample of hospitals in the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System-Cooperative Adverse Drug Event Surveillance project, researchers estimated that 97,648 ED visits occurred annually during a 5-year period among adults with type 2 diabetes who presented with hypoglycemia-related shock, loss of consciousness, seizure, injury or fall, or altered mental status. Most cases involved blood glucose levels of 50 mg/dL or less, said Dr. Andrew I. Geller of the division of healthcare quality promotion at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, and his associates.
http://www.familypracticenews.com/n...lycemia/96ffc8ed90001c7cd9004f00c486d9d2.html
In an analysis of data from a nationally representative sample of hospitals in the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System-Cooperative Adverse Drug Event Surveillance project, researchers estimated that 97,648 ED visits occurred annually during a 5-year period among adults with type 2 diabetes who presented with hypoglycemia-related shock, loss of consciousness, seizure, injury or fall, or altered mental status. Most cases involved blood glucose levels of 50 mg/dL or less, said Dr. Andrew I. Geller of the division of healthcare quality promotion at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, and his associates.
http://www.familypracticenews.com/n...lycemia/96ffc8ed90001c7cd9004f00c486d9d2.html
