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AUTHOR
Christine Nonciaux
Diabetes is not associated with COVID-19-related mortality in older institutionalized people
Diabetes & Metabolism - Sous presse. Manuscrit accepte. Disponible en ligne depuis le mercredi 27 janvier 2021
Frequent and severe hypoglycaemia detected with continuous glucose monitoring in older institutionalised patients with diabetes.
AbstractBackgroundLittle is known about the prevalence of hypoglycaemia in older people with diabetes. However, the HbA1c goal is ≥8% for institutionalised patients with treatments that can cause hypoglycaemia.PurposeWe aimed to assess the prevalence of hypoglycaemia with continuous glucose monitoring and to evaluate the link with HbA1C in older institutionalised patients with diabetes taking potentially hypoglycaemia-inducing drugs.DesignProspective, multicentre study carried out in six geriatric care centres in the Côte d’Or region of France between January 2019 and July 2020.Settings, subjects and methodsA FreeStyle Libre Pro® (FSLP) was worn for up to 14 days in blinded mode in 42 patie…