Hypoglycaemia in hospitalized patients with or without heart failure.

ABSTRACT: Hospitalized patients with heart failure (HF) undergoing bedside glucose monitoring with subcutaneous insulin orders were retrospectively identified over 2 years. Hypoglycaemia was defined as any glucose value <3.9 mmol/L (70 mg/dL) within 24 hours of admission (Hypo_1day ) or throughout the hospitalization (Hypo_T ) or any glucose value <2.2 mmol/L (40 mg/dL) throughout the hospitalization (Hypo_Severe ). A total of 13 424 patients were included, of whom 2484 had HF. Patients with HF were more likely to have Hypo_1day (9.1% vs 7.0%, P = .0003), Hypo_T (28% vs 18.5%, P < .0001), or Hypo _Severe (3.4% vs 2.1%, P = .0001). After controlling for other variables, the odds of Hypo_1day were similar between the HF and non-HF g

SUBMITTER: Merrill JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6625647 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature