Hypoglycemia symptoms are reduced in hospitalized patients with diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Hospitalized patients with diabetes are have an impaired ability to detect hypoglycemia events. The purpose of this study was to compare hypoglycemia symptom scores (HSS) in hospitalized patients with diabetes after a documented blood glucose (BG) <70mg/dl with recalled HSS with outpatient hypoglycemia events.

Methods

Non-critically ill hospitalized patients with diabetes grouped as symptomatic (n=23) or asymptomatic (n=32) at time of index hypoglycemia completed a standardized HSS-Questionnaires (HSS-Q) related to the inpatient event and to recall of symptoms with outpatient hypoglycemia.

Results

After controlling for BG at time of index hypoglycemia (49.8±11.4 vs. 57.4±6.8mg/dl, p=0.02), symptomatic patients reported higher HSS than asymptomatic patients with t

SUBMITTER: Criner KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8434970 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature