High one-year mortality following hospitalization for severe hypoglycemia among patients with diabetes mellitus: Findings of a retrospective cohort study at an acute tertiary care hospital in Singapore.

CONCLUSIONS: Older diabetes patients with more comorbidities and longer LOS were at increased risk of dying within a year of discharge after hospitalization with severe hypoglycemia. Admission with severe hypoglycemia has important prognostic implications. Healthcare professionals should address hypoglycemia and other health issues during the hospital admissions. PMID: 30244608 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Current Medical Research and Opinion - Category: Research Tags: Curr Med Res Opin Source Type: research