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Hypoglycemia reduced with continuous glucose monitoring in small trial of ICU patients
Adults who were expected to have an ICU stay of at least three days and who had persistent hyperglycemia for up to six hours after admission, were receiving insulin, or both had a peripheral venous catheter placed and connected to a continuous glucose monitoring sensor.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2018/05/11/2.htm
11 May 2018
Hypoglycemia may be associated with myocardial damage
Among patients with coronary artery disease, severity and frequency of hypoglycemia were associated with increased levels of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T, although the association was attenuated in adjusted analyses.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2018/10/12/3.htm
12 Oct 2018
New equation with five variables helps predict hip fracture risk in type 2 diabetes
Age, sex, body mass index, peripheral sensory neuropathy, and estimated glomerular filtration rate were the included variables.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2018/12/14/2.htm
14 Dec 2018
Intermittent fasting appears effective for HbA1c reduction in type 2 diabetes
Patients on the intermittent energy restriction diet ate 500 to 600 kcal/d on two nonconsecutive days each week and followed their usual diet on the other days. They were compared to a group eating 1,200 to 1,500 kcal/d.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2018/08/10/2.htm
10 Aug 2018
Intensive BP control reduced long-term CV risk, new ACCORD follow-up finds
After four years of follow-up, patients who had received intensive treatment during the trial had similar systolic blood pressure (BP) to those who had been on standard treatment but lower rates of cardiovascular (CV) events.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2018/03/09/2.htm
9 Mar 2018
Updated ADA standards of diabetes care include focus on cardiovascular issues
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) recommends assessment of 10-year atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk in patients with diabetes and discusses appropriate use of the ASCVD calculator.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2019/01/11/1.htm
11 Jan 2019
Review: Evidence is inconclusive on metabolic surgery vs. medical treatment for microvascular complications in T2DM
A meta-analysis from earlier this year that compared the effects of metabolic surgery and medical treatment found 10 studies to include, only three of them randomized controlled trials.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2018/08/10/7.htm
10 Aug 2018
Preoperative glucose levels may predict postoperative cardiac outcomes regardless of whether patients have diabetes
For patients without diabetes, predictors of myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery included a casual glucose level of more than 6.86 mmol/L (124 mg/dL) and a fasting glucose level of more than 6.41 mmol/L (116 mg/dL).
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2018/08/10/3.htm
10 Aug 2018
Individualized nutrition therapy recommended for diabetes, prediabetes
Adults with diabetes should be referred to individualized, diabetes-focused medical nutrition therapy, while overweight or obese adults with prediabetes should be referred to an intensive lifestyle intervention program and/or medical nutritional therapy, according to the consensus report from the American Diabetes Association.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2019/05/10/1.htm
10 May 2019
Beta-blockers associated with mortality risk in patients with diabetes, study finds
Patients with diabetes who were taking any beta-blocker, a beta-1 selective beta-blocker, or a specific beta-blocker had significantly higher risk for all-cause mortality versus patients with diabetes who were not taking a beta-blocker.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2018/04/13/2.htm
13 Apr 2018