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Patients with diabetes requiring emergency department care for hypoglycaemia: characteristics and long-term outcomes determined from multiple data sources Rajesh Rajendran,1 David Hodgkinson,2 Gerry Rayman1 1
Diabetes Centre, The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK 2 Accident and Emergency Department, The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK Correspondence to Dr Gerry Rayman, Diabetes Centre, The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Ipswich, Suffolk IP4 5PD, UK; gerry.rayman@ipswichhospital. nhs.uk Received 28 July 2014 Revised 29 December 2014 Accepted 4 January 2015 Published Online First 16 January 2015
ABSTRACT Aim To triangulate three data sources and report the characteristics and long-term outcomes of patients with diabetes requiring emergency department (ED) care for hypoglycaemia. Method Three data sources were used—ambulance electronic records, hospital episode statistics and patient administration system. Hypoglycaemia (capillary blood glucose
Patients with diabetes requiring emergency department care for hypoglycaemia: characteristics and long-term outcomes determined from multiple data sources.
To triangulate three data sources and report the characteristics and long-term outcomes of patients with diabetes requiring emergency department (ED) ...