A Systematic Review of Ultrasound-Detected Lipohypertrophy in Insulin-Exposed People with Diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Lipohypertrophy (LH) is a common complication occurring in diabetes individuals. The most common methods used include palpation, visual examination and/or ultrasound (US). To date, there is limited information on the detection sensitivity among the different techniques used to identify LH. This systematic review aimed to identify studies that examined insulin-related LH using US detection to identify the prevalence, characteristics and morphology of LH, and to compare US and clinical palpation methods for detecting LH.

Methods

Three electronic databases were systematically searched for studies detecting LH using US in insulin users. Articles were screened for eligibility and included studies were appraised using quality assessment tools. The quality of the evide

SUBMITTER: Abu Ghazaleh H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6167307 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature