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Hospital Patients With Diabetes Are More Prone To Complications, Longer Stays

August 21, 2017: 12:00 AM EST
Twenty-two percent of German hospital patients are diabetic, and nearly one in four are prediabetic, according to investigators at two German research centers. For the study, researchers screened 3,733 adult patients in Tübingen University Hospital for diabetes and prediabetes for four weeks. They found that diabetic patients tend to stay in the hospital longer and have a higher risk of complications. They recommended that screening patients older than 50 years for diabetes and treating them for the condition would reduce complications and cut the length of hospital stays. [Image Credit: © EU-Patienten ]
Kufeldt, J. et al., "Prevalence and Distribution of Diabetes Mellitus in a Maximum Care Hospital: Urgent Need for HbA1c-Screening", Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes, August 21, 2017, © Thieme Verlagsgruppe
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