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ea0029p1148 | Neuroendocrinology | ICEECE2012

The incidence of hypoglycaemia in non-diabetic hospital patients outside critical care estimated by a capture-recapture technique: retrospective analysis

Nirantharakumar K. , Marshall T. , Hodson J. , Narendran P. , Deeks J. , Coleman J. , Ferner R.

Introduction: Unexplained or a cluster of non diabetic hypoglycaemia has at times been the only clue to malicious use of Insulin in hospitals. We wished to establish the incidence of hypoglycaemia in non-diabetic adult patients outside the intensive care unit (ICU) in a 1200-bed university hospital.Methods: We retrospectively analysed data for 2010 from three distinct sources to identify patients: bedside and laboratory blood glucose measurements; medica...