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Severe hypoglycaemia in diabetic patients in Pre-hospital and Emergency Department care: a cross-sectional survey

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Title
Severe hypoglycaemia in diabetic patients in Pre-hospital and Emergency Department care: a cross-sectional survey
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BMC Research Notes, April 2018
DOI 10.1186/s13104-018-3363-0
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César Esteves, Celestino Neves, João Jaime Sá, Davide Carvalho

Abstract

We aimed to characterize hypoglycaemia episodes and patients examined by a Pre-hospital Medical Emergency Unit (PH) and in the Emergency Department (ED) of our hospital. We identified 86 episodes of severe hypoglycaemia (PH: n 37; ED: n 49; both: n 12). Hypoglycaemia accounted for 4.7% of all emergency calls attended by the PH (n 793) and 0.11% of all ED episodes (n 54,366). Among episodes examined by the PH, 64.5% of involved patients had type 2 diabetes and 54.1% were not referred to the ED. Transportation of the patient to the ED was more likely in type 2 diabetes (p = 0.014). Among episodes evaluated in the ED 66.1% of the patients were more than 65 years old and 81.4% had type 2 diabetes. 66% of the patients were insulin treated. One-third of examined patients were admitted to the ward, the majority having type 2 diabetes.

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Unknown 24 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Other 3 13%
Student > Bachelor 3 13%
Lecturer > Senior Lecturer 2 8%
Student > Master 2 8%
Professor 2 8%
Other 3 13%
Unknown 9 38%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 5 21%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 17%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 2 8%
Decision Sciences 1 4%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 4%
Other 2 8%
Unknown 9 38%
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