Associated Factors in Perioperative Hypoglycemia in Patients With Diabetes
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00826007 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : January 21, 2009
Results First Posted : May 27, 2013
Last Update Posted : May 27, 2013
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Condition or disease |
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Diabetes Hypoglycemia |
With evidence linking surgical morbidity to hyperglycemia (high blood sugar), attention to glucose control is warranted during surgery as well as in the postoperative period. Consequently, measures to prevent and treat hyperglycemia - coupled with fasting status - places patients at considerable risk for perioperative hypoglycemia (low blood sugar). Outpatient patient studies support that profound hypoglycemia can be deleterious and even fatal to patients.
This descriptive study will utilize retrospective chart review to examine factors associated with hypoglycemia. Charts from 700 subjects who experienced blood glucose values less than 70 mg/dl primarily in the preoperative and postanesthesia care units at William Beaumont Hospital-Royal Oak will be reviewed. Another 1600 charts will be screened for subsequent intraoperative hypoglycemia: 800 that had low normal preoperative glucose values and 800 that had high preoperative values (with likelihood of insulin therapy).
Numerous factors believed to be associated with perioperative hypoglycemia will be analyzed including type and duration of diabetes, usual diabetes treatment regimen and alterations on day of surgery, self-reported usual fasting blood sugar range, duration of fasting, type of surgery and anesthesia, co-morbidities, and medications associated with hypoglycemia.
Determining factors associated with perioperative hypoglycemia will improve prediction of which patients are at highest risk for hypoglycemia, enabling healthcare providers to institute more conservative insulin therapy when indicated, initiate early maintenance intravenous dextrose, and/ or perform more frequent glucose testing. Identifying associated factors will improve hypoglycemic predictions and interventions which should lead to safer, more effective care for patients with diabetes.
Study Type : | Observational |
Actual Enrollment : | 587 participants |
Time Perspective: | Retrospective |
Official Title: | Associated Factors in Perioperative Hypoglycemia in Patients With Diabetes |
Study Start Date : | January 2009 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | July 2011 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | July 2011 |

- Hypoglycemia Incidence [ Time Frame: perioperative period ]Blood glucose values <70 mg/dl
Biospecimen Retention: None Retained

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Ages Eligible for Study: | Child, Adult, Older Adult |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Sampling Method: | Non-Probability Sample |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients who underwent surgery at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan between January 1, 2003, and January 1, 2009.
- Point of care testing identified a blood sugar value less than 69 mg/dl at any time in the perioperative area; or a value between 70-89 mg/dl in the preoperative area; or a glucose value greater than 250 mg/dl in the preoperative area.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Obstetric patients.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00826007
United States, Michigan | |
William Beaumont Hospital | |
Royal Oak, Michigan, United States, 48073 |
Principal Investigator: | Solomon I Rosenblatt, MD | Michigan Endocrine Consultants | |
Principal Investigator: | Tamra Dukatz, CRNA | Beaumont Health System |
Responsible Party: | Tamra Dukatz, CRNA, Anesthesia Department, William Beaumont Hospitals |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00826007 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
2008-281 |
First Posted: | January 21, 2009 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | May 27, 2013 |
Last Update Posted: | May 27, 2013 |
Last Verified: | March 2013 |
perioperative hypoglycemia diabetes surgery surgery |
Diabetes Mellitus Hypoglycemia Glucose Metabolism Disorders Metabolic Diseases Endocrine System Diseases |