title: Efficacy of a hyperglycemia treatment program in a Vascular Surgery Department supervised by Endocrinology.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim of this study was to evaluate the strategy and efficacy of a hyperglycemia treatment program supervised by Endocrinology.
  
  
  METHODS
  All patients with type 2 diabetes hospitalized at the vascular surgery department over a 12 month period were retrospectively reviewed. Clinical characteristics and hyperglycemia treatment during hospitalization, at discharge and 2-6 month after discharge were collected. Glycemic control was assessed using capillary blood glucose profiles and HbA1c at admission and 2-6 months post-discharge.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 140 hospitalizations of 123 patients were included. The protocol to choose the insulin regimen was applied in 96.4% of patients (22.8% correction dose, 23.6% basal-correction dose and 50% basal-bolus-correction dose [BBC]). Patients with BBC had higher HbA1c (7.7±1.5% vs. 6.7 ±0.8%; P<.001) and mean glycemia on the first day of hospitalization (184.4±59.2 vs. 140.5±31.4mg/dl; P<.001). Mean blood glucose was reduced to 162.1±41.8mg/dl in the middle and 160.8±43.3mg/dl in the last 24h of hospitalization in patients with BBC (P=.007), but did not change in the remaining patients. In 22.1% patients with treatment changes performed at discharge, HbA1c decreased from 8.2±1.6 to 6.8±1.6% at 2-6 months post-discharge (P=.019).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The hyperglycemia treatment protocol applied by an endocrinologist in the hospital, allows the identification of the appropriate therapy and the improvement of the glycemic control during hospitalization and discharge, supporting its efficacy in clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: Francisca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Caimari
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, España; EDUAB_HSP, CIBER de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Instituto de Saludo Carlos III, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: Cintia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: González
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: Analía
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ramos
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, España; EDUAB_HSP, CIBER de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Instituto de Saludo Carlos III, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chico
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: José M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Cubero
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, España; CIBER de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, España. Electronic address: aperez@santpau.cat.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pérez
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications; D004704:Endocrinology; D005260:Female; D006748:Hospital Departments; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures
keywords: Alta hospitalaria; Continuity of patient care; Diabetes tipo 2; Estrategia al alta; Hiperglucemia en el hospital; Inpatient hyperglycemia; Insulin; Insulina; Patient discharge; Type 2 diabetes mellitus