Endocrine Abstracts

Hypoglycaemia in hospitalised patients with Diabetes is common, confers higher morbidity/mortality, prolongs length-of-stay and increases re-admission rates. Previous audit identified adequate initial treatment of hypoglycaemia but poor subsequent management risking recurrent episodes. In March 2023, insulin prescribing moved from paper-based to an electronic medicines management process in line with other medication prescriptions in our institution. An alert for electronic pr...