Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Inappropriate meal to insulin timing, poor appetite, tight glycaemic control, cardiac, renal or hepatic impairment and sepsis are seen in association with hypoglycaemia. Poor understanding of these risks and management of hypoglycaemia(hypo) remain challenging. Hypo management guidelines and hypoboxes with standardized 15 g of dextrose in various forms were introduced throughout the hospital in November 2010 after an audit in 2009 revealed poor understanding of t...

Hypoglycaemia is defined as capillary blood glucose (CBG) of ≤4 mmol/l irrespective of symptoms. We audited the recognition and management of inpatient hypoglycaemia with a view to identify potential areas for improvement.Methods: A total of 120 inpatients with diabetes were identified in the hospital on a single day, of whom n=32 had ≥1 episode(s) of hypoglycaemia, as evidenced by their CBG. Data relating to recognition and management...