Antidiabetic Drug Prescription Pattern in Hospitalized Older Patients with Diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the prescription pattern of antidiabetic and cardiovascular drugs in a cohort of hospitalized older patients with diabetes.

Methods

Patients with diabetes aged 65 years or older hospitalized in internal medicine and/or geriatric wards throughout Italy and enrolled in the REPOSI (REgistro POliterapuie SIMI-Società Italiana di Medicina Interna) registry from 2010 to 2019 and discharged alive were included.

Results

Among 1703 patients with diabetes, 1433 (84.2%) were on treatment with at least one antidiabetic drug at hospital admission, mainly prescribed as monotherapy with insulin (28.3%) or metformin (19.2%). The proportion of treated patients decreased at discharge (N = 1309, 76.9%), with a significant reduction over time. Among those pre

SUBMITTER: Ardoino I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9915986 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature