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 diagnosisBaseline Cardiovascular Risk Factor Control in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Coronary Disease Versus Stroke: Secondary Analysis of Cardiovascular Outcome Trials
Balasubramanian P, Kernan W, Sheth K, Ofstad A, Rosenstock J, Wanner C, Zinman B, Mattheus M, Marx N, Inzucchi S. Baseline Cardiovascular Risk Factor Control in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Coronary Disease Versus Stroke: Secondary Analysis of Cardiovascular Outcome Trials. Stroke 2023, 54: 2013-2021. PMID: 37449424, PMCID: PMC10358436, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.122.042053.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiovascular risk factor controlRisk factor controlCoronary artery diseaseEMPA-REG OUTCOMECardiovascular outcome trialsType 2 diabetesRisk factorsOutcome trialsBlood pressureOdds ratioAntiplatelet/anticoagulant medicationsAntiplatelet/anticoagulant therapyDiabetes cardiovascular outcome trialsSuboptimal risk factor controlCardiovascular risk factorsRecurrent ischemic eventsDiastolic blood pressureSystolic blood pressureRespective odds ratiosFactor controlCross-sectional analysisLogistic regression modelsMacrovascular complicationsStatin useAnticoagulant medication