Early intervention model of inpatient diabetes care improves glycemia following hospitalization.

Admission to hospital provides an opportunity to optimize long-term diabetes management, but clinical inertia is common. We previously reported the randomized study of a proactive inpatient diabetes service (RAPIDS), investigating an early intervention model of care and demonstrated improved in-hospital glycemia and clinical outcomes. This follow-up study assessed whether proactive care in hospital improved postdischarge HbA1c. In a subgroup of 298 RAPIDS trial participants with type 2 diabetes, age <80 years, and admission HbA1c ≥ 7.0%, diabetes treatment intensification occurred more often in early intervention versus usual care groups (37% vs. 19% [p = .001]), adjusted odds ratio 3.2 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.7-6.0). There was a greater change in HbA1c in the early intervention group (mean -0.9% [95% CI -1.3 to -0.4]) versus the usual care group (-0.3% [-0.6 to -0.1]), p = .029. The value of acute care by dedicated inpatient diabetes teams can extend beyond improving inpatient clinical outcomes and can lead to sustained improvement in glycemia.

• Publication year

  2023

• Venue

  Journal of Hospital Medicine

• Publication date

  2023-02-04

• Fields of study

  Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1002/jhm.13057PMID 36739111
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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