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Hyper-, hypokalemia with SGLT-2 inhibitors related to eGFR decrease after initiation
A decline of more than 30% in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) after initiation of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitor therapy was associated with higher risk for hyperkalemia and hypokalemia in an observational study from Taiwan.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2024/05/10/2.htm
10 May 2024
Evening workouts associated with lower mortality in type 2 diabetes
Patients with type 2 diabetes and obesity who worked out in the evening had greater reductions in risk for mortality and cardiovascular and microvascular disease than those who exercised in the morning or afternoon, a retrospective study found.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2024/05/10/3.htm
10 May 2024
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GLP-1s didn't increase risk of postop respiratory complications, study finds
Patients taking glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists for type 2 diabetes before emergency surgery had a 3.5% incidence of postoperative respiratory complications compared with 4% among patients taking other diabetes medications.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2024/05/10/1.htm
10 May 2024
Statins may affect diabetes risk primarily in patients with prediabetes
There was a dose-response relationship between statin use and new diabetes diagnoses, with most cases seen in patients whose glycemic markers were close to the diagnostic threshold for diabetes at baseline, an individual-patient meta-analysis found.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/12/2.htm
12 Apr 2024
About 5 in 1,000 U.S. adults have type 1 diabetes, 4 in 1,000 kids
In addition to a U.S. study assessing rates of type 1 diabetes in different age groups, a Swedish study looked at differences by age in whether patients' relatives also had the disease, finding that it was likely more tied to genetics in childhood-onset cases.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/12/3.htm
12 Apr 2024
Report and study highlight risk of heart failure in patients with diabetes
The American Diabetes Association made recommendations on diagnosing and treating heart failure in patients with diabetes, and a study found increased risk of progression to clinical heart failure in those with an HbA1c level of 7% or above.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2022/06/10/1.htm
10 Jun 2022
ICU patients have higher mortality with blood glucose level above 190 mg/dL
In-hospital mortality risk incrementally increased with every 10% rise in the range from 190 mg/dL to 250 mg/dL, according to a study of critically ill patients with and without diabetes in Chinese ICUs.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/12/1.htm
12 Apr 2024
Position statement calls for prioritizing patients' experience in diabetes care
The Endocrine Society's recommendations are based on roundtable meetings with representatives from governmental and other organizations, patient advocacy groups, and professional societies, including ACP.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/08/3.htm
8 Mar 2024
Real-time and intermittently scanned CGM associated with improved glycemic control in type 2 diabetes
A meta-analysis of 12 trials found that continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) resulted in an average difference in HbA1c of −0.31% versus self-monitoring, with a trend toward a larger effect with real-time monitoring.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/08/2.htm
8 Mar 2024