Purpose: The underlying causes of hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia in adult medical and surgical inpatients were studied. Methods: Hyperglycemic and hypoglycemic events occurring in adult medical and ...

According to one panelist, the leading causes of hypoglycemia in older adults are insufficient nutrition and taking the wrong dose or type of insulin, both of which can be addressed at the patient and ...

Severe hypoglycemia may result in changes in mental state, seizures, arrhythmias, coma, and death. End-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients with or without diabetes on renal replacement therapy are at ...

This analysis of a hospital billing database describes inpatient length of stay, intensive care unit length of stay, comorbidities, and costs for patients with diabetes after admission with ...

Dr. Mollie Sands (Medicine): A 49-year-old man was admitted to this hospital because of hypoglycemia. The patient had been well until 3 hours before this admission, when altered mental status ...

Hypoglycemia occurs when blood sugar (glucose) levels fall below 70 milligrams per deciliter, creating a medical emergency that requires immediate treatment. The condition affects people with and ...

Answer: A. Nonspecific postprandial symptoms that can be attributed to hypoglycemia are fairly common in patients with a history of gastric bypass. Hypoglycemia is defined as a blood glucose value ...