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With the advanced management of diabetes and new innovative anti-hyperglycemic therapy hyperglycemia remains a culprit factor affecting the outcome of patients admitted to the hospital in general wards. Efforts from health care providers to assess and control blood sugar by a simplified method such as certified point of care hand-sized glucometers is the fruitful protocol if the results near the target that is endorsed by well-known diabetes societies. In non-critically patients the premeal blood sugar ≤140 mg /dl and ≤ 180 mg /dl after a meal. The unstable economy and political crises with the pandemic of Covid-19 making us use a glucometer to monitor and control the fluctuation of blood sugar in order to decrease the burden on the patients and health care providers in the form of a stay in the hospital and minimize wasting laboratory resources.
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| glycemic control | percentage of patients with glucose measurement (Random Blood Sugar, RBS, Fasting Blood Sugar, FBS) between 140-180 measured with bedside glucometers preferably before meals and at 6 am for fasting blood sugars or as directed by the physician | From hospital admission to hospital discharge for a median of 7 days and up to 1 month |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| average blood glucose value per ward | average blood glucose value per ward (medical vs. surgical vs ICU/CCU | From hospital admission to hospital discharge for a median of 7 days and up to 1 month |
| average per patient |
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diabetic patients admitted in the hospital
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| AbdulSattar J Yousif, MD | Al-Fayhaa teaching hospital | Study Chair |
| Ali Hussein A Alhamza, MD | Al-Fayhaa teaching hospital | Study Chair |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AlFayhaa Teaching hospital | Basra | 99999 | Iraq |
unidentified patient data will be shared if requested
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D003920 | Diabetes Mellitus |
| D006943 | Hyperglycemia |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D044882 | Glucose Metabolism Disorders |
| D008659 | Metabolic Diseases |
| D009750 | Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases |
| D004700 | Endocrine System Diseases |
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average blood glucose levels per patient
| From hospital admission to hospital discharge for a median of 7 days and up to 1 month |