Stop Emergency Room Visits for Hyperglycemia Project - District of Columbia (DC)

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

In brief

To demonstrate that a focused Emergency Department (ED) intervention for uncontrolled hyperglycemia enables safe and effective glycemic management and reduces emergency room re-visits. We assessed hypoglycemia BG \< 60mg/dL; change in mean blood glucose and A1C, and ED revisits for hyperglycemia.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01033773

Run by

Medstar Health Research Institute

People needed

86

Starts

2007-09-01

Expected to finish

2009-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-10-05

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age > 18 years
• Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus,
• random BG > 200 mg/dL,
• willing and able to provide informed consent and to participate in diabetes self-management education (DSME)
• stable for discharge from the ED once hyperglycemia treatment initiated.

You may not qualify if…

• type 1 Diabetes Mellitus,
• diabetic ketoacidosis or hyperosmolar non-ketotic state,
• concomitant treatment with glucocorticoids (other than stable maintenance dose therapy),
• cognitive or physical impairment preventing participation in DSME
• unwillingness or inability to provide consent and/or attend follow-up visits.

Where it is running

• Washington Hospital Center — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

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