Multidisciplinary strategies to treat severe hypoglycemia in hospitalized patients with diabetes mellitus reduce inpatient mortality rate: Experience from an academic community hospital
Kadayakkara D, Balasubramanian P, Araque K, Davis K, Javed F, Niaki P, Majumdar S, Buller G. Multidisciplinary strategies to treat severe hypoglycemia in hospitalized patients with diabetes mellitus reduce inpatient mortality rate: Experience from an academic community hospital. PLOS ONE 2019, 14: e0220956. PMID: 31393971, PMCID: PMC6687156, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220956.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient mortality ratesSevere hypoglycemiaReadmission ratesDiabetes mellitusMortality rateNotification ratesStandardized treatmentGeneral internal medicine wardsMultidisciplinary strategyPatient's medical teamInpatient mortality rateInternal medicine wardsICD-10 codesPost-intervention studyStandardization of treatmentGlucose measurementsAcademic community hospitalSame observation periodDiabetic patientsHospitalized patientsMedicine wardsRetrospective reviewPhysician notificationPoor outcomeSecondary diagnosis