Evaluation of an algorithm for intensive subcutaneous insulin therapy in emergency room patients with hyperglycaemia

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: All medical patients with a plasma glucose concentration more than 8 mmol/l; Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine

• Registration Number: ISRCTN55224894
• Lead Sponsor: niversity Hospital of Basel (Switzerland)

Brief Summary

2013 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23771784 (added 16/04/2019)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2006-08-17
• Study Completion: 2008-04-30
• Last Update Posted: 5 May 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 130

Inclusion Criteria

1. All patients with hyperglycaemia (more than 8.0 mmol/l) admitted to the medical emergency room
2. Patients with presumed hospitalisation in the Emergency Room (ER) or medical ward of more than 48 hours duration

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients in shock (defined as hypotension or shock index more than one with oliguria, changed mental status and metabolic acidosis)
2. Patients with a terminal illness on palliative care
3. Patients with type one diabetes
4. Patients with insulin pump therapy
5. Patients with need for hospitalisation in the intensive or coronary care unit
6. Patients with presumed hospitalisation shorter than 48 hours
7. Known pregnancy (in women of birthbearing age pregnancy test for exclusion mandatory)
8. No informed consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified