Optimizing hyperglycaemia management in the Acute Medical Unit:: investigation of barriers to achieving adequate glycaemic control in the acute medical setting; introduction and evaluation of tools to assist clinicians in prescribing insulin

Dr Anne Corbould0 个研究点目标入组 400 人开始时间: 2016年8月23日最近更新: 2020年1月13日

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•The group of patients will be disparate, reflecting real-world clinical practice i.e. inclusion criteria will be broad:
•Patients requiring subcutaneous insulin on admission to AMU – whether or not previously treated with insulin
•Patients with known diabetes (Type 1/Type 2) or no previous diagnosis of diabetes.
•Duration of admission 48 hours or greater.
•Hospital staff to be included in the survey of knowledge/attitudes regarding inpatient diabetes management are: interns and resident medical officers who work in the AMU on rotation, consultant physicians who are permanently based in the AMU, and nursing staff who are permanent AMU staff and also on rotation in the AMU.

•Patients admitted with diabetic ketoacidosis
•Patients who are not eating and/or requiring intravenous insulin
•Patients whose prognosis is so poor that management of hyperglycaemia is not indicated.
•Exclusion criteria for hospital staff are speciality junior medical staff and consultant physicians whose patients are occupying an AMU bed, but are not cared for by the AMU medical staff.

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Dr Anne Corbould