Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD
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November 2014
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Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis · Nov 2014
The management of severe hypoglycemia by the emergency system: the HYPOTHESIS study.
Severe hypoglycemia is not rare in diabetes and markedly impacts on health resource use. We aimed to describe the characteristics of patients attending emergency departments (EDs) following a severe episode of hypoglycemia, the factors associated with the management of events and the final outcome. ⋯ Severe hypoglycemia requiring referral to EDs is associated with a significant work-up of the Emergency services and a remarkable in-hospital death rate in frail individuals with diabetes.